rpms/util-linux-ng/F-9 util-linux-ng-2.13-ionice-man-idle.patch, NONE, 1.1
Karel Zak (kzak)
fedora-extras-commits at redhat.com
Mon Apr 28 10:40:43 UTC 2008
Author: kzak
Update of /cvs/pkgs/rpms/util-linux-ng/F-9
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv18452
Added Files:
util-linux-ng-2.13-ionice-man-idle.patch
Log Message:
* Mon Apr 28 2008 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13.1-8.2
- fix #443823 - ionice.1 doesn't to reflect idle class changes in 2.6.25
util-linux-ng-2.13-ionice-man-idle.patch:
--- NEW FILE util-linux-ng-2.13-ionice-man-idle.patch ---
>From 776452cbfcfc2dfe81088e29ae13a681bee64e75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com>
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 <kzak at redhat.com>
---
schedutils/ionice.1 | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/schedutils/ionice.1 b/schedutils/ionice.1
index 8203a5e..93aabe8 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
--
1.5.4.1
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