The idle class is safe for non-root users since 2.6.25.
http://lwn.net/Articles/266256/
Addresses-Red-Hat-Bugzilla: #443823
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
A program running with idle io priority will only get disk time when no other
program has asked for disk io for a defined grace period. The impact of idle
io processes on normal system activity should be zero. This scheduling
-class does not take a priority argument. This scheduling class is not
-permitted for an ordinary (i.e., non-root) user.
+class does not take a priority argument. Presently, this scheduling class
+is permitted for an ordinary user (since kernel 2.6.25).
+
\fBBest effort\fR.
This is the default scheduling class for any process that hasn't asked for