From: "Måns Rullgård" <mru@inprovide.com>
To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFD] 'nice' attribute for executable files
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:05:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xwtrnu7fl.fsf@ford.inprovide.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200503311556.j2VFu9Hc007903@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> (Horst von Brand's message of "Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:56:09 -0400")
Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> writes:
> =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= <mru@inprovide.com> said:
>> Wiktor <victorjan@poczta.onet.pl> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> > max renice ulimit is quite good idea, but it allows to change nice of
>> > *any* process user has permissions to. it could be implemented also,
>> > but the idea of 'nice' file attribute is to allow *only* some process
>> > be run with lower nice. what's more, that nice would be *always* the
>> > same (at process startup)!
>
>> It can be done entirely in userspace, if you want it. Just hack your
>> shell to examine some extended attribute of your choice, and adjust
>> the nice value before executing files. Then arrange to have the shell
>> run with a negative nice value. This can be easily accomplished with
>> a simple wrapper, only for the shell.
>
> Even better: Write a C wrapper for each affected program that just renices
> it as needed.
The OP was too lazy to do this.
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2005-03-29 20:45 ` [RFD] 'nice' attribute for executable files Bodo Eggert
2005-03-30 16:07 ` Wiktor
2005-03-30 16:55 ` Måns Rullgård
2005-03-30 17:27 ` Wiktor
2005-03-30 19:03 ` Måns Rullgård
2005-03-30 20:16 ` Wiktor
2005-03-30 20:43 ` Måns Rullgård
2005-04-01 15:26 ` Wiktor
2005-04-01 16:07 ` Måns Rullgård
2005-03-31 5:46 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-03-31 15:56 ` Horst von Brand
2005-03-31 16:05 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2005-04-01 15:40 ` Wiktor
2005-04-01 16:12 ` Måns Rullgård
2005-04-01 17:27 ` Horst von Brand
2005-03-30 19:40 ` Bodo Eggert
2005-03-30 21:03 ` Lee Revell
2005-03-29 19:55 Wiktor
2005-03-29 21:02 ` Lee Revell
2005-03-30 19:55 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-03-31 5:51 ` Matt Mackall
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