Re: your mail

Chris Wright
2004-05-24T23:21:37Z

* Laughlin, Joseph V (Joseph.V.Laughlin@boeing.com) wrote:
> Currently, we're using sched_setaffinity() to control it, which existed
> in our 2.4.19 kernel. (but, you have to be root to use it, and we'd
> like non-root users to be able to change the affinity.)

Sounds like it's patched in. And it likely doesn't require root per se,
but CAP_SYS_NICE (as the 2.6 code does).

So, you've got choices of how to disable those capability checks to do
what you want.

thanks,
-chris
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