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Diffstat (limited to 'nixpkgs/nixos/modules/security/rtkit.nix')
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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/security/rtkit.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/security/rtkit.nix new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f6dda21c6006 --- /dev/null +++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/security/rtkit.nix @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +# A module for ‘rtkit’, a DBus system service that hands out realtime +# scheduling priority to processes that ask for it. + +{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: + +with lib; + +{ + + options = { + + security.rtkit.enable = mkOption { + type = types.bool; + default = false; + description = '' + Whether to enable the RealtimeKit system service, which hands + out realtime scheduling priority to user processes on + demand. For example, the PulseAudio server uses this to + acquire realtime priority. + ''; + }; + + }; + + + config = mkIf config.security.rtkit.enable { + + security.polkit.enable = true; + + # To make polkit pickup rtkit policies + environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.rtkit ]; + + systemd.packages = [ pkgs.rtkit ]; + + services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.rtkit ]; + + users.users = singleton + { name = "rtkit"; + uid = config.ids.uids.rtkit; + description = "RealtimeKit daemon"; + }; + + }; + +} |