Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Realtime LSM | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:18:06 -0400 |
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On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 19:34, Chris Wright wrote: > * Lee Revell (rlrevell@joe-job.com) wrote: > > + # modprobe realtime mlock=0 > > + > > + Grants realtime scheduling privileges without the ability to lock > > + memory using mlock() or mlockall() system calls. This option can be > > + used in conjunction with any of the other options. > > +
> The mlock() bit is unecessary now. Use rlimits on the audio users. > Which leaves realtime bits, plus others. I had a more generic module > (per-capability) that would be a superset of this. Perhaps that's a > better fit. I'm travelling this week, so forgive the spotty replies.
I think this would be fine. All we need is a way to allow users to run SCHED_FIFO processes and use mlockall() without being root and without having to patch the kernel. It's a pretty simple requirement.
Lee
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