nix-files/hosts/common/programs/rtkit.nix

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# rtkit/RealtimeKit: allow applications which want realtime audio (e.g. Dino? Pulseaudio server?) to request it.
# this might require more configuration (e.g. polkit-related) to work exactly as desired.
# - readme outlines requirements: <https://github.com/heftig/rtkit>
# XXX(2023/10/12): rtkit does not play well on moby. any application sending audio out dies after 10s.
# - note that `rtkit-daemon` can be launched with a lot of config
# - suggest using a much less aggressive canary. maybe try that?
# - see: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/Performance-tuning>
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
let
cfg = config.sane.programs.rtkit;
in
{
sane.programs.rtkit = {
packageUnwrapped = pkgs.rmDbusServices pkgs.rtkit;
# services.rtkit = {
# description = "rtkit: grant realtime scheduling privileges to select processes";
# command = "${cfg.package}/libexec/rtkit-daemon";
# };
};
systemd.services.rtkit-daemon = lib.mkIf cfg.enabled {
description = "rtkit: grant realtime scheduling privileges to select processes";
wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
serviceConfig = {
ExecStart = lib.escapeShellArgs [
"${cfg.package}/libexec/rtkit-daemon"
"--scheduling-policy=FIFO"
"--our-realtime-priority=79"
"--max-realtime-priority=78" # N.B.: setting this too aggressively can hang weak devices!
"--min-nice-level=-19"
"--rttime-usec-max=2000000"
"--users-max=100"
"--processes-per-user-max=1000"
"--threads-per-user-max=10000"
"--actions-burst-sec=10"
"--actions-per-burst-max=1000"
"--canary-cheep-msec=30000"
"--canary-watchdog-msec=60000"
];
Type = "simple";
# Type = "dbus";
# BusName = "org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1";
Restart = "on-failure";
# User = "rtkit"; # it wants starts as root
# Group = "rtkit";
# wantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
# TODO: harden
CapabilityBoundingSet = "CAP_SYS_NICE CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_SETGID CAP_SETUID";
};
};
users.users.rtkit = lib.mkIf cfg.enabled {
isSystemUser = true;
group = "rtkit";
description = "RealtimeKit daemon";
};
users.groups.rtkit = lib.mkIf cfg.enabled {};
environment.systemPackages = lib.mkIf cfg.enabled [
# for /share/polkit-1, but unclear if actually needed
cfg.package
];
security.polkit = lib.mkIf cfg.enabled {
enable = true;
};
}