[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH] core-util: Clamp RLIMIT_RTTIME to what RealtimeKit accepts

[Tanu Kaskinen]

On Sun, 2013-06-09 at 18:47 +0200, Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
wrote:
> From: "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)" <jan.steffens at gmail.com>
> 
> In the default configuration, PulseAudio's rlimit-rttime is set to
> 1000000 (100%), which is higher than what RealtimeKit requires from
> its clients (200000, 20%).
> 
> Make an attempt to still get realtime scheduling by clamping the
> current RLIMIT_RTTIME to what RealtimeKit accepts. Warn about doing
> this.

So RealtimeKit refuses to give realtime scheduling to "too privileged"
processes?

That's a bit surprising, but I guess the patch is fine.

-- 
Tanu