Re: RT exec for exercising RT kernel capabilities

Thomas Gleixner
2006-10-02T22:37:54Z

On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 18:27 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 22:10 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 04:04 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 18:34 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 15:12 -0400, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> > > > > ftp://ftp.compro.net/public/rt-exec/
> > > >
> > > > The high res timers do not seem to be working. Using 2.6.17-rt3 and
> > > > glibc 2.3.6, I get the exact same (bad) results whether
> > > > CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is enabled or not.
> > >
> > > Can you please send me a boot log ?
> >
> > Sent off-list.
>
> I've discovered the problem - I was running rt-exec as a non-root user.
>
> Is the use of high res timers limited to root?

No. I guess the priority setting is not working as non-root.

tglx