On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 14:39 -0600, Brent Busby wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 03:42:00PM -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
> >>> Does a process inherit its parent's RT rlimits? I would expect them
> >>> to work that way. If so, it should be enough to run your display or
> >>> window manager under set_rlimits. Then, any app you started in that X
> >>> session would automatically inherit the ability to request RT
> >>> scheduling and mlock pages.
>
> I didn't want to say this earlier, because I realize most of the users
> on this list are probably running single-user workstations, and are not
> expecting their machines to perform as general purpose Unix sites on the
> Internet, but...there are at least a few reasons why running an entire
> desktop session from the window manager up at realtime priority would be
> a really _bad_ idea.
set_rtlimits, as i understand it, doesn't run its child process with RT
scheduling, it makes it possible for its child (and grandchildren etc.)
to successfully ask for RT scheduling.
--p
Received on Thu Feb 16 00:15:07 2006
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