linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/23] sched,irq: Convert to sched_set

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Date:   Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:39:03 +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
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/23] sched,irq: Convert to sched_set_fifo()

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 01:27:36PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 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.

That's ofcourse a flat out lie; I wrote this before I noticed that -1
thing. It most definitely changes that. I also only noticed this while
reading through my own copy after sending :-/

> @@ -1281,13 +1278,12 @@ setup_irq_thread(struct irqaction *new,
>  	} else {
>  		t = kthread_create(irq_thread, new, "irq/%d-s-%s", irq,
>  				   new->name);
> -		param.sched_priority -= 1;
>  	}