Hi, On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 19:41:33 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > tags 175740 - patch moreinfo > thanks > > On Tue, 07 Jan 2003, Casper Gielen wrote: > > This patch allows the start-stop-daemon to start processes from the realtime > > scheduler. It uses the "--realtime" and "-l" options. This is usefull > > for processes that never should be unable to run (eg high resolution > > monitoring, > > high quality audio jobs, system essentials) > > > > Example: > > start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --realtime 1 --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid > > - --exec /usr/sbin/sshd > > What does it gain us compared to chrt 1 <command line> ?
Well I guess the same could be said about the nice level or the umask. It's a matter of convenience. > > - -It is not (yet) possible to select a scheduling policy, it defaults to > > SCHED_RR (Round Robin). > > Until this is fixed, this patch should not be considered for inclusion. > Furthermore as already mentioned, please protect the relevant > calls by #ifdef _POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING as documented by the > manual page. And don't forget to update the start-stop-daemon > manual page too! > > If you rework your patch following those remarks, I'm willing to > apply it. I actually wrote a patch for this some time ago, which supports “-P, --schedule <policy:prio>”, where policy can be one of other, fifo or rr. It just needs to fixes and should be ready to push. Although the schedule option might be a bit confusing given the current argument names for “-R, --retry”. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
