Will Dapper support RLIMIT_RTPRIO?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 04:48:20PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> The new RLIMIT_RTPRIO was introduced in kernel 2.6.12 to selectively
> allow non-root processes to run tasks with realtime priority.  This is
> essential if we ever want reliable multimedia performance without
> forcing users to run as root.
> 
> Supporting this new rlimit requires some changes to glibc, bash, and
> PAM.  It was added to glibc 6 months ago:
> 
> http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2005-06/msg00005.html
> 
> Presumably Dapper will ship with a post 2.6.12 kernel - so will Dapper
> ship with full userspace support for this new rlimit?
> 
> I checked the current glibc sources and these new RLIMITs are not yet
> supported...

Dapper feature freeze begins 2006-02-23.  If you submit the appropriate
non-invasive patches in time for them to be merged before that date, I see
no reason not to include them.  However, as yet, there is no motive to push
ahead of our upstreams on this point except for your request.

-- 
 - mdz