From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 30 03:21:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88DFB106566C; Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:21:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 748EE8FC0A; Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:21:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q8U3LMeU049557; Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:21:22 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q8U3LMKt049555; Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:21:22 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201209300321.q8U3LMKt049555@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:21:22 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r241061 - head/usr.sbin/rtprio X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:21:22 -0000 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