On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Since linux-2.6.25 CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability is not required to set >> IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE. >> >> Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@xxxxxxx> >> >> --- >> man2/ioprio_set.2 | 7 ++++--- >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> Index: b/man2/ioprio_set.2 >> =================================================================== >> --- a/man2/ioprio_set.2 >> +++ b/man2/ioprio_set.2 >> @@ -293,11 +293,12 @@ capability can change the priority of an >> .B "What is the desired priority" >> Attempts to set very high priorities >> .RB ( IOPRIO_CLASS_RT ) >> -or very low ones >> -.RB ( IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE ) >> require the >> .B CAP_SYS_ADMIN >> -capability. >> +capability. Kernel versions till 2.6.24 require >> +.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN >> +capability even to set very low priority >> +.RB ( IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE ). > > Hi Nikanth, > > Thanks for this! > > I'll reword this as > > == > Attempts to set very high priorities > .RB ( IOPRIO_CLASS_RT ) > require the > .B CAP_SYS_ADMIN > capability. > Kernel versions up to 2.6.24 also required > B CAP_SYS_ADMIN > to set very low priority > .RB ( IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE ), > but since Linux 2.6.24 this is no longer required. And I fixed my typo there: "since Linux 2.6.25..." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
