On 05/25/12 10:48, Sean Bruno wrote:
I've been toying with the idea of letting jails renice processes ... how
dangerous and/or stupid is this idea?

==== //depot/yahoo/ybsd_9/src/sys/kern/kern_jail.c#5 -
/home/seanbru/ybsd_9/src/sys/kern/kern_jail.c ====
270a271,275
+ int   jail_allow_renice = 0;
+ SYSCTL_INT(_security_jail, OID_AUTO, allow_renice, CTLFLAG_RW,
+&jail_allow_renice, 0,
+    "Prison root can renice processes");

3857a3863,3865
+      case PRIV_SCHED_SETPRIORITY:
+              if (!jail_allow_renice)
+                       return (EPERM);

Considering they can only renice their own stuff, and could always just
start a new process anyway, I see very little reason to deny this.

- Jamie
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