From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763384AbXHHJh4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 05:37:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758041AbXHHJhs (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 05:37:48 -0400 Received: from hu-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.214.226]:1503 "EHLO hu-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757874AbXHHJhr (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Aug 2007 05:37:47 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HeDc3LTRyyWN6o667x5KIZgDb3PEYyztrOQuv9JyAQsWk3sMR3dBqHtJakxLCX0fDtH4PBCCHvMsh9E9j3pJG9L0fdroEHOwIv3Nr/AEnkCUeM+SH2H/vcSWKqZeR5TKE3EuQ4xAEbz2MlR564mq1eJfMHdRCpF/3sfIv8meDvo= Message-ID: <46B98ED6.4020902@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:37:26 +0200 From: dragoran User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jens Axboe CC: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: allow non root users to set io priority "idle" ? References: <46B6EDCB.6030806@gmail.com> <46B6F75D.1070808@gmail.com> <20070806103553.GA16133@one.firstfloor.org> <20070807204449.GA5245@kernel.dk> <20070808050617.GE5245@kernel.dk> In-Reply-To: <20070808050617.GE5245@kernel.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jens Axboe wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08 2007, dragoran wrote: > >> so there is no real reason not to allow it for non root users? >> removing the check is easy (3 lines) .... >> or are there any other issues/problems? >> > > Andi already explained to you why it can't be enabled for non-root > users. I merely talked about why idle priority works. > > ok, I missunderstood you. shouldn't read mails at 0:18 am ;)