[PATCH] nice and rt-prio rlimits

Add a pair of rlimits for allowing non-root tasks to raise nice and rt
priorities. Defaults to traditional behavior. Originally written by
Chris Wright.

The patch implements a simple rlimit ceiling for the RT (and nice) priorities
a task can set.  The rlimit defaults to 0, meaning no change in behavior by
default.  A value of 50 means RT priority levels 1-50 are allowed.  A value of
100 means all 99 privilege levels from 1 to 99 are allowed.  CAP_SYS_NICE is
blanket permission.

(akpm: see http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0503.1/1921.html for
tips on integrating this with PAM).

Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 9bb7489..5dadcc6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3223,6 +3223,19 @@ out_unlock:
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_user_nice);
 
+/*
+ * can_nice - check if a task can reduce its nice value
+ * @p: task
+ * @nice: nice value
+ */
+int can_nice(const task_t *p, const int nice)
+{
+	/* convert nice value [19,-20] to rlimit style value [0,39] */
+	int nice_rlim = 19 - nice;
+	return (nice_rlim <= p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_NICE].rlim_cur ||
+		capable(CAP_SYS_NICE));
+}
+
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_NICE
 
 /*
@@ -3242,12 +3255,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_nice(int increment)
 	 * We don't have to worry. Conceptually one call occurs first
 	 * and we have a single winner.
 	 */
-	if (increment < 0) {
-		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE))
-			return -EPERM;
-		if (increment < -40)
-			increment = -40;
-	}
+	if (increment < -40)
+		increment = -40;
 	if (increment > 40)
 		increment = 40;
 
@@ -3257,6 +3266,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_nice(int increment)
 	if (nice > 19)
 		nice = 19;
 
+	if (increment < 0 && !can_nice(current, nice))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	retval = security_task_setnice(current, nice);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
@@ -3372,6 +3384,7 @@ recheck:
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if ((policy == SCHED_FIFO || policy == SCHED_RR) &&
+	    param->sched_priority > p->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_RTPRIO].rlim_cur &&
 	    !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE))
 		return -EPERM;
 	if ((current->euid != p->euid) && (current->euid != p->uid) &&
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index df2ddcc..7f43d6e 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static int set_one_prio(struct task_struct *p, int niceval, int error)
 		error = -EPERM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (niceval < task_nice(p) && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+	if (niceval < task_nice(p) && !can_nice(p, niceval)) {
 		error = -EACCES;
 		goto out;
 	}