linux-kernel - [PATCH 19/23] sched,rcuperf: Convert to sched_set_fifo

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Message-Id: <20200422112832.343851342@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:27:38 +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, paulmck@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH 19/23] sched,rcuperf: Convert to sched_set_fifo_low()

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: paulmck@...nel.org
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c |    8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ rcu_perf_writer(void *arg)
 	int i_max;
 	long me = (long)arg;
 	struct rcu_head *rhp = NULL;
-	struct sched_param sp;
 	bool started = false, done = false, alldone = false;
 	u64 t;
 	u64 *wdp;
@@ -362,8 +361,7 @@ rcu_perf_writer(void *arg)
 	VERBOSE_PERFOUT_STRING("rcu_perf_writer task started");
 	WARN_ON(!wdpp);
 	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(me % nr_cpu_ids));
-	sp.sched_priority = 1;
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+	sched_set_fifo_low(current);
 
 	if (holdoff)
 		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(holdoff * HZ);
@@ -419,9 +417,7 @@ rcu_perf_writer(void *arg)
 			started = true;
 		if (!done && i >= MIN_MEAS) {
 			done = true;
-			sp.sched_priority = 0;
-			sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current,
-						   SCHED_NORMAL, &sp);
+			sched_set_normal(current, 0);
 			pr_alert("%s%s rcu_perf_writer %ld has %d measurements\n",
 				 perf_type, PERF_FLAG, me, MIN_MEAS);
 			if (atomic_inc_return(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) >=