From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268619AbTGIWPD (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:15:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268637AbTGIWPD (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:15:03 -0400 Received: from mail.jlokier.co.uk ([81.29.64.88]:40338 "EHLO mail.jlokier.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268619AbTGIWNM (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:13:12 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 23:24:26 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Daniel Phillips Cc: Davide Libenzi , Mel Gorman , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Memory Management List Subject: Re: 2.5.74-mm1 Message-ID: <20030709222426.GA24923@mail.jlokier.co.uk> References: <20030703023714.55d13934.akpm@osdl.org> <20030707193628.GA10836@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <200307082027.13857.phillips@arcor.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307082027.13857.phillips@arcor.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Daniel Phillips wrote: > > (I think the user/PAM idea came up for the same sort of reason that > > only console users are able to open /dev/cdrom: asking for extra > > resource (in this case low latency is a resource) might be something > > you'd restrict to console users. > > I frequently run Zinf over ssh, to a machine that's connected to speakers. I do similar things. I also read /dev/cdrom over ssh, which is not permitted by the default security policy. I.e. it's a userspace policy issue. > We've got something better than we've had before, even though it doesn't go as > far as making true realtime processing available to normal users. Indeed. But maybe true (bounded CPU) realtime, reliable, would more accurately reflect what the user actually wants for some apps? Just a thought, -- Jamie