Why does the irqbalance service show error `libcap-ng used by "/usr/sbin/irqbalance" failed dropping bounding set in capng_apply` when SELinux is in enforcing mode ?
Issue
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Afer updating
irqbalancepackage an error occurs when checking the status of the service. The warning message is as follows:# systemctl status irqbalance ● irqbalance.service - irqbalance daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/irqbalance.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/irqbalance.service.d └─override.conf <Snip> Dec 11 09:03:09 localhost systemd[1]: Started irqbalance daemon. Dec 11 09:03:09 localhost /usr/sbin/irqbalance[707]: libcap-ng used by "/usr/sbin/irqbalance" failed dropping bounding set in capng_apply Dec 11 09:03:20 localhost.localdomain irqbalance[707]: Cannot change IRQ 44 affinity: Input/output error Dec 11 09:03:20 localhost.localdomain irqbalance[707]: IRQ 44 affinity is now unmanagedNote: Despite the warning, the service remains in an "active (running)" state.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- irqbalance-1.9.4-1.el9.x86_64
- selinux-policy
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