Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jul 2003 07:47:14 -0700 (PDT) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.74-mm1 |
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Mel Gorman wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > > And set up distros to grant it by default. Yes. > > > > The problem I see is that it lets user space priorities invade the range of > > priorities used by root processes. > > That is the main drawback all right but it could be addressed by having a > CAP_SYS_USERNICE capability which allows a user to renice only their own > processes to a highest priority of -5, or some other reasonable value > that wouldn't interfere with root processes. This capability would only be > for applications like music players which need to give hints to the > scheduler.
The scheduler has to work w/out external input, period. If it doesn't we have to fix it and not to force the user to submit external hints.
- Davide
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