Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFD] 'nice' attribute for executable files | From | Måns Rullgård <> | Date | Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:05:50 +0200 |
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Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> writes:
> =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= <mru@inprovide.com> said: >> Wiktor <victorjan@poczta.onet.pl> writes: > > [...] > >> > max renice ulimit is quite good idea, but it allows to change nice of >> > *any* process user has permissions to. it could be implemented also, >> > but the idea of 'nice' file attribute is to allow *only* some process >> > be run with lower nice. what's more, that nice would be *always* the >> > same (at process startup)! > >> It can be done entirely in userspace, if you want it. Just hack your >> shell to examine some extended attribute of your choice, and adjust >> the nice value before executing files. Then arrange to have the shell >> run with a negative nice value. This can be easily accomplished with >> a simple wrapper, only for the shell. > > Even better: Write a C wrapper for each affected program that just renices > it as needed.
The OP was too lazy to do this.
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