Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM

Andrew Morton
2005-01-14T07:05:13Z

Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote:
>
> The closest thing to concensus I've seen yet was a new rlimit for
> scheduling with code from Chris Wright.

hmm, yes. It doesn't feel like an rlimity thing to me, unless the rlimit
actually _limits_ something. Say, minimum permissible nice level. But
scheduling policy sounds more like a capability than an rlimit.

> We really ought not get in
> the habit of adding new rlimits though.

How come? It's a real pita that the standard shells don't appear to have a
way of setting an unknown rlimit. But what else?