Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755544AbXHHKwe (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 06:52:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751045AbXHHKw1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 06:52:27 -0400 Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([87.55.233.238]:20673 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750968AbXHHKw1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 06:52:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:52:23 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Sheplyakov Alexei Cc: Andi Kleen , dragoran , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: allow non root users to set io priority "idle" ? Message-ID: <20070808105223.GO5245@kernel.dk> References: <46B6EDCB.6030806@gmail.com> <20070808095132.GA31020@theor.jinr.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070808095132.GA31020@theor.jinr.ru> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 702 Lines: 18 On Wed, Aug 08 2007, Sheplyakov Alexei wrote: > So I think current behaviour of ionice is inconsistent (and pointless). It is not, as has been explained more than once in this thread, we cannot allow ordinary users to eg /etc/passwd infinitely. See? It'd be nice if we could solve this of course, until then true idle io must be a cautious root-only thing. So it may be inconsistent and a bit confusing, but it's definitely not pointless. -- 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/