Re: [PATCH] Realtime LSM

[Lee Revell]

On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 19:34, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Lee Revell (rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > +  # modprobe realtime mlock=0
> > +
> > +  Grants realtime scheduling privileges without the ability to lock
> > +  memory using mlock() or mlockall() system calls.  This option can be
> > +  used in conjunction with any of the other options.
> > +

> The mlock() bit is unecessary now.  Use rlimits on the audio users.
> Which leaves realtime bits, plus others.  I had a more generic module
> (per-capability) that would be a superset of this.  Perhaps that's a
> better fit.  I'm travelling this week, so forgive the spotty replies.

I think this would be fine.  All we need is a way to allow users to run
SCHED_FIFO processes and use mlockall() without being root and without
having to patch the kernel.  It's a pretty simple requirement.

Lee

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