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Date:      Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:15:01 GMT
From:      Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   conf/124248: adds support for nice value for rc.d/jail + rc.conf
Message-ID:  <200806032015.m53KF1fb011361@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200806032020.m53KK2dI098652@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         124248
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       adds support for nice value for rc.d/jail + rc.conf
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 03 20:20:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Miroslav Lachman
>Release:        FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
codeLab.cz
>Environment:
FreeBSD fbsd7.quip.test 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008     root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
Adds jail_nice="5" and jail_jname_nice="5" variables to rc.conf to alter priority of processes in jail.

Based on http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2008-February/004682.html

It doesn't change any default behaviour.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Apply the patch.

Patch attached with submission follows:

--- etc/defaults/rc.conf	2008-06-03 16:45:22.000000000 +0200
+++ etc/defaults/rc.conf	2008-06-03 20:44:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@
 #jail_example_devfs_ruleset="ruleset_name"	# devfs ruleset to apply to jail
 #jail_example_fstab=""				# fstab(5) for mount/umount
 #jail_example_flags="-l -U root"		# flags for jail(8)
+#jail_example_nice="5"				# nice(1) for jail execution
 
 ##############################################################
 ### Define source_rc_confs, the mechanism used by /etc/rc.* ##
--- etc/rc.d/jail	2008-05-29 00:21:09.000000000 +0200
+++ etc/rc.d/jail	2008-06-03 21:03:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 	[ -z "${_flags}" ] && _flags="-l -U root"
 	eval _consolelog=\"\${jail_${_j}_consolelog:-${jail_consolelog}}\"
 	[ -z "${_consolelog}" ] && _consolelog="/var/log/jail_${_j}_console.log"
+	eval _nice=\"\${jail_${_j}_nice:-${jail_nice}}\"
 
 	# Debugging aid
 	#
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
 	debug "$_j exec stop: $_exec_stop"
 	debug "$_j flags: $_flags"
 	debug "$_j consolelog: $_consolelog"
+	debug "$_j nice: $_nice"
 
 	if [ -z "${_hostname}" ]; then
 		err 3 "$name: No hostname has been defined for ${_j}"
@@ -350,7 +352,14 @@
 			fi
 		fi
 		_tmp_jail=${_tmp_dir}/jail.$$
-		eval jail ${_flags} -i ${_rootdir} ${_hostname} \
+
+		if [ -z "${_nice}" ]; then 
+			_nice_cmd=""
+		else
+			_nice_cmd="nice -n ${_nice}"
+		fi
+
+		eval ${_nice_cmd} jail ${_flags} -i ${_rootdir} ${_hostname} \
 			${_ip} ${_exec_start} > ${_tmp_jail} 2>&1
 
 		if [ "$?" -eq 0 ] ; then
--- usr/src/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	2008-06-03 20:47:19.000000000 +0200
+++ usr/src/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	2008-06-03 20:35:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -3312,6 +3312,13 @@
 .Va jail_ Ns Ao Ar jname Ac Ns Va _exec_stop
 for every jail in
 .Va jail_list .
+.It Va jail_nice
+.Pq Vt int
+Unset by default.
+When set, use as default value for
+.Va jail_ Ns Ao Ar jname Ac Ns Va _nice
+for every jail in
+.Va jail_list .
 .It Va jail_ Ns Ao Ar jname Ac Ns Va _rootdir
 .Pq Vt str
 Unset by default.
@@ -3412,6 +3419,11 @@
 .Dq Li /bin/sh /etc/rc.shutdown
 by default.
 This is the command executed at jail shutdown.
+.It Va jail_ Ns Ao Ar jname Ac Ns Va _nice
+.Pq Vt int
+Unset by default.
+When set, sets the nice value to alter priority of processes in jail.
+The higher the nice value the lower its scheduling priority.
 .It Va jail_set_hostname_allow
 .Pq Vt bool
 If set to


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