Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:21:22 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r241061 - head/usr.sbin/rtprio Message-ID: <201209300321.q8U3LMKt049555@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Sun Sep 30 03:21:21 2012 New Revision: 241061 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/241061 Log: Document the security.bsd.unprivileged_idprio in idprio(1) in addition to rtprio(2). Approved by: wblock MFC after: 3 days Modified: head/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 Modified: head/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 Sun Sep 30 00:44:53 2012 (r241060) +++ head/usr.sbin/rtprio/rtprio.1 Sun Sep 30 03:21:21 2012 (r241061) @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 23, 1994 +.Dd September 29, 2012 .Dt RTPRIO 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ highest priority of 0 means "the current process". .Pp Only root is allowed to set realtime or idle priority for a process. +A user may modify the idle priority of their own processes if the +.Xr sysctl 8 +variable +.Va security.bsd.unprivileged_idprio +is set to non-zero. +Note that this increases the chance that a deadlock can occur +if a process locks a required resource and then does +not get to run. .Sh EXIT STATUS If .Nm
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