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authorKarel Zak2008-04-28 12:23:40 +0200
committerKarel Zak2008-04-28 12:23:40 +0200
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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@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/schedutils/ionice.1 b/schedutils/ionice.1
index 8203a5eb4..93aabe827 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