Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964878AbWCPWL6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:11:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964884AbWCPWL6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:11:58 -0500 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:43994 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964880AbWCPWLz (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:11:55 -0500 Subject: Re: can I bring Linux down by running "renice -20 cpu_intensive_process"? From: Lee Revell To: Bill Davidsen Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4419D575.4080203@tmr.com> References: <441180DD.3020206@wpkg.org> <1142135077.25358.47.camel@mindpipe> <4419D575.4080203@tmr.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:11:48 -0500 Message-Id: <1142547108.9395.17.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 545 Lines: 15 On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 16:15 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > There's a good fix for this, don't give this guy root > any more ;-) Minor nit: s/root/realtime privileges/. Since 2.6.12 these have been decoupled. No official distro release supports it OOTB yet (the upcoming Ubuntu Dapper will). Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/