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
