From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Correct max priority in renice man page
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:08:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140210180831.GQ8506@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1391883730-11767-1-git-send-email-psusi@ubuntu.com>
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 01:22:10PM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> The man page stated that the PRIO_MAX is 20. While this
> is correct, the header definition is wrong and the max
> value is actually 19.
I have removed all notes about PRIO_MAX from the man page. The kernel
syscalls use hardcoded limits rather than anything from header files.
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setpriority, int, which, int, who, int, niceval)
...
if (niceval < -20)
niceval = -20;
if (niceval > 19)
niceval = 19;
and almost the same is SYSCALL_DEFINE1(nice...
:-)
> sys-utils/renice.1 | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.
--
Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com
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2014-02-08 18:22 [PATCH] Correct max priority in renice man page Phillip Susi
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