linux-kernel - [tip: sched/core] sched/deadline: Clarify nanoseconds in uapi

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Message-ID: <172604717764.2215.931251201259015873.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 09:32:57 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Christian Loehle" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@....com>,
 "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
 x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: sched/core] sched/deadline: Clarify nanoseconds in uapi

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

Commit-ID:     6ebf2d021a13a77b495b4de15c6834e26b80d08e
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/6ebf2d021a13a77b495b4de15c6834e26b80d08e
Author:        Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@....com>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:43:46 +01:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:23:56 +02:00

sched/deadline: Clarify nanoseconds in uapi

Specify the time values of the deadline parameters of deadline,
runtime, and period as being in nanoseconds explicitly as they always
have been.

Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@....com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240813144348.1180344-3-christian.loehle@arm.com
---
 include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h
index 9066238..bf6e9ae 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
  *
  * This is reflected by the following fields of the sched_attr structure:
  *
- *  @sched_deadline	representative of the task's deadline
- *  @sched_runtime	representative of the task's runtime
- *  @sched_period	representative of the task's period
+ *  @sched_deadline	representative of the task's deadline in nanoseconds
+ *  @sched_runtime	representative of the task's runtime in nanoseconds
+ *  @sched_period	representative of the task's period in nanoseconds
  *
  * Given this task model, there are a multiplicity of scheduling algorithms
  * and policies, that can be used to ensure all the tasks will make their