Non-Root User cannot reduce I/O priority with ionice

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Non-root user is not able to reduce the I/O priority using ionice

$ ionice -c3 echo hi
ioprio_set: Operation not permitted

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Kernel Version 2.6.18.XX & Lower

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