linux-kernel - [tip: sched/fifo] sched,irq: Convert to sched_set

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Message-ID: <159557962195.4006.17896492793064474322.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:33:41 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: sched/fifo] sched,irq: Convert to sched_set_fifo()

The following commit has been merged into the sched/fifo branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     7a40798c714ff462863352d490b382515daba49e
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/7a40798c714ff462863352d490b382515daba49e
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:09:13 +02:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:10:24 +02:00

sched,irq: 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: tglx@...utronix.de
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/irq/manage.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 7619111..06b6274 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1271,9 +1271,6 @@ static int
 setup_irq_thread(struct irqaction *new, unsigned int irq, bool secondary)
 {
 	struct task_struct *t;
-	struct sched_param param = {
-		.sched_priority = MAX_USER_RT_PRIO/2,
-	};
 
 	if (!secondary) {
 		t = kthread_create(irq_thread, new, "irq/%d-%s", irq,
@@ -1281,13 +1278,12 @@ setup_irq_thread(struct irqaction *new, unsigned int irq, bool secondary)
 	} else {
 		t = kthread_create(irq_thread, new, "irq/%d-s-%s", irq,
 				   new->name);
-		param.sched_priority -= 1;
 	}
 
 	if (IS_ERR(t))
 		return PTR_ERR(t);
 
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+	sched_set_fifo(t);
 
 	/*
 	 * We keep the reference to the task struct even if