linux-kernel - [tip: sched/fifo] sched,psi: Convert to sched_set_fifo

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Message-ID: <159557961932.4006.9497014186016108711.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:33:39 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: sched/fifo] sched,psi: Convert to sched_set_fifo_low()

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

Commit-ID:     2cca5426b9c108998bc03230cd6ae440f3e205ed
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2cca5426b9c108998bc03230cd6ae440f3e205ed
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 14:10:25 +02:00

sched,psi: 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.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
---
 kernel/sched/psi.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
index e53b711..967732c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
@@ -616,11 +616,8 @@ out:
 static int psi_poll_worker(void *data)
 {
 	struct psi_group *group = (struct psi_group *)data;
-	struct sched_param param = {
-		.sched_priority = 1,
-	};
 
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+	sched_set_fifo_low(current);
 
 	while (true) {
 		wait_event_interruptible(group->poll_wait,