On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 09:48:43AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Matt Mackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here's Chris' patch for reference: > > > > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/linux.kernel/msg/6408569e13ed6e80 > > how does this patch solve the separation of 'negative nice values' and > 'RT priority rlimits'? In one piece of code it handles the rlimit value > as a 0-39 nice value, in another place it handles it as a limit for a > 1-100 RT priority range. The two ranges overlap and have nothing to do > with each other. [*]
Read more closely: there are two independent limits in the patch, RLIMIT_NICE and RLIMIT_RTPRIO. This lets us grant elevated nice without SCHED_FIFO. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
