Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935516AbXHHFG2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 01:06:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752252AbXHHFGU (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 01:06:20 -0400 Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([87.55.233.238]:4141 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752096AbXHHFGT (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 01:06:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 07:06:17 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: dragoran Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: allow non root users to set io priority "idle" ? Message-ID: <20070808050617.GE5245@kernel.dk> References: <46B6EDCB.6030806@gmail.com> <46B6F75D.1070808@gmail.com> <20070806103553.GA16133@one.firstfloor.org> <20070807204449.GA5245@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 571 Lines: 16 On Wed, Aug 08 2007, dragoran wrote: > so there is no real reason not to allow it for non root users? > removing the check is easy (3 lines) .... > or are there any other issues/problems? Andi already explained to you why it can't be enabled for non-root users. I merely talked about why idle priority works. -- Jens Axboe - 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/