Horst von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> Wiktor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > >> > max renice ulimit is quite good idea, but it allows to change nice of >> > *any* process user has permissions to. it could be implemented also, >> > but the idea of 'nice' file attribute is to allow *only* some process >> > be run with lower nice. what's more, that nice would be *always* the >> > same (at process startup)! > >> It can be done entirely in userspace, if you want it. Just hack your >> shell to examine some extended attribute of your choice, and adjust >> the nice value before executing files. Then arrange to have the shell >> run with a negative nice value. This can be easily accomplished with >> a simple wrapper, only for the shell. > > Even better: Write a C wrapper for each affected program that just renices > it as needed.
The OP was too lazy to do this. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
