Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM

[Andrew Morton]

Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The closest thing to concensus I've seen yet was a new rlimit for
>  scheduling with code from Chris Wright.

hmm, yes.  It doesn't feel like an rlimity thing to me, unless the rlimit
actually _limits_ something.  Say, minimum permissible nice level.  But
scheduling policy sounds more like a capability than an rlimit.

>  We really ought not get in
>  the habit of adding new rlimits though.

How come?  It's a real pita that the standard shells don't appear to have a
way of setting an unknown rlimit.  But what else?
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