Wiktor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Horst von Brand wrote: >> Even better: Write a C wrapper for each affected program that just >> renices >> it as needed. > > I suggest to implement scalable solution, so the final user wont't > have to write separate wrapper for *each* program. universal wrapper > is better solution, but (now i know, that implementing something that > can be dangerous if used incorrectly is so evil, that only the devil > could have proposed it) it forces use of database (that normally would > be kept in filesystem's file metadata)
A userspace solution could still use POSIX extended attributes. > and if some-malicious-person would have accessed it in write mode > (as result of wrong file permissions), the system performerance > would be in danger. in my solution, there is per-file attribute, > accessible only for root, and if hacker has root permissions, > existence of nice attribute is meaningless. You forgot something: this idea of yours needs to be implemented, tested, and debugged. Those things take time, and effort, and are still of very little value. -- 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/
