From 776452cbfcfc2dfe81088e29ae13a681bee64e75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:23:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ionice: update man page to reflect IDLE class change in 2.6.25 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 --- schedutils/ionice.1 | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/schedutils/ionice.1 b/schedutils/ionice.1 index 8203a5eb..93aabe82 100644 --- a/schedutils/ionice.1 +++ b/schedutils/ionice.1 @@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ this writing, Linux supports 3 scheduling classes: 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 -- 2.39.5