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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>
>
> * Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
>
> > > next we
> > > $CAPABILITY for $FOO and we're headed straight to interface-hell.
> >
> > "interface hell"? Wow.
> >
> > Still. It seems to be what we deserve if all that fancy stuff we have
> > cannot address this very simple and very real-world problem.
>
> please describe this "very simple and very real-world problem" in simple
> terms. Lets make sure "problem" and "solution" didnt become detached.
>

Well others can do that better than I but I'd describe it as

- Audio apps need to meet their realtime requirements

- The way to implement that is to give them !SCHED_OTHER and mlockall
capabilities.

- But they don't want to run as root.

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