Re: setting PF_ flags from user space PF_LESS_THROTTLE

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Steve French <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I wanted to see if PF_LESS_THROTTLE would be helpful for Samba to set(as
> it is for nfsd, which sets it directly in kernel) to avoid loopback
> mount hangs when low on memory.
> 
> Any idea whether the task flags, in particular PF_LESS_THROTTLE could be
> set from user space (I did not see an obvious way, short of invoking a
> new kernel helper, which does not exist, to set it on user space's
> behalf)?

sys_prctl()?
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