From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nikanth Karthikesan Subject: [PATCH] ioprio_set.2: CAP_SYS_ADMIN is not reqd to set IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE anymore Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:07:39 +0530 Message-ID: <200807081207.39693.knikanth@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, axboe-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Since linux-2.6.25 CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability is not required to set IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE. Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan --- man2/ioprio_set.2 | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: b/man2/ioprio_set.2 =================================================================== --- a/man2/ioprio_set.2 +++ b/man2/ioprio_set.2 @@ -293,11 +293,12 @@ capability can change the priority of an .B "What is the desired priority" Attempts to set very high priorities .RB ( IOPRIO_CLASS_RT ) -or very low ones -.RB ( IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE ) require the .B CAP_SYS_ADMIN -capability. +capability. Kernel versions till 2.6.24 require +.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN +capability even to set very low priority +.RB ( IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE ). .PP A call to .BR ioprio_set () -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html