linux-kernel - [PATCH 16/23] sched,watchdog: Convert to sched_set

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Date:   Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:27:35 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org, qais.yousef@....com,
        juri.lelli@...hat.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, bsegall@...gle.com, mgorman@...e.de,
        peterz@...radead.org, wim@...ux-watchdog.org
Subject: [PATCH 16/23] sched,watchdog: Convert to sched_set_fifo()

Because SCHED_FIFO is a broken scheduler model (see previous patches)
take away the priority field, the kernel can't possibly make an
informed decision.

Effectively changes prio from 99 to 50.

Cc: wim@...ux-watchdog.org
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -1144,14 +1144,13 @@ void watchdog_dev_unregister(struct watc
 int __init watchdog_dev_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
-	struct sched_param param = {.sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO - 1,};
 
 	watchdog_kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, "watchdogd");
 	if (IS_ERR(watchdog_kworker)) {
 		pr_err("Failed to create watchdog kworker\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(watchdog_kworker);
 	}
-	sched_setscheduler(watchdog_kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+	sched_set_fifo(watchdog_kworker->task);
 
 	err = class_register(&watchdog_class);
 	if (err < 0) {