linux-kernel - [PATCH 14/23] sched,powerclamp: Convert to sched_set

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Message-Id: <20200422112832.046704918@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:27:33 +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, rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH 14/23] sched,powerclamp: 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 no change.

Cc: rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c |    5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ static unsigned int control_cpu; /* The
 				  */
 static bool clamping;
 
-static const struct sched_param sparam = {
-	.sched_priority = MAX_USER_RT_PRIO / 2,
-};
 struct powerclamp_worker_data {
 	struct kthread_worker *worker;
 	struct kthread_work balancing_work;
@@ -488,7 +485,7 @@ static void start_power_clamp_worker(uns
 	w_data->cpu = cpu;
 	w_data->clamping = true;
 	set_bit(cpu, cpu_clamping_mask);
-	sched_setscheduler(worker->task, SCHED_FIFO, &sparam);
+	sched_set_fifo(worker->task);
 	kthread_init_work(&w_data->balancing_work, clamp_balancing_func);
 	kthread_init_delayed_work(&w_data->idle_injection_work,
 				  clamp_idle_injection_func);