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

Andrew Morton
2005-01-14T03:17:18Z

Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
>
> >SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR are definitely privileged operations and you
>
> this is the crux of what this whole debate is about. for all of you
> people who think about linux on multi-user systems with network
> connectivity, running servers and so forth, this is clearly a given.
>
> but there is large and growing body of machines that run linux where
> the sole human user of the machine has a strong and overwhelming
> desire to have tasks run with the characteristics offered by
> SCHED_FIFO and/or SCHED_RR. are they still "privileged" operations on
> this class of linux system? what about linux installed on an embedded
> system, with a small LCD screen and the sole purpose of running audio
> apps live? are they still privileged then?
>

Paul. Everyone agrees with you. I think. We just need to work out
the best way of doing it.

Would I be right in suspecting that we know what to do, but nobody has
stepped up to write the code? It's kinda looking like that?