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sched/headers: Move various ABI definitions to <uapi/linux/sched/types.h>

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Move scheduler ABI types (struct sched_attr, struct sched_param, etc.) into
the new UAPI header.

This further reduces the size and complexity of <linux/sched.h>.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Ingo Molnar 2017-02-01 18:07:51 +01:00
parent 47913d4ebd
commit e2d1e2aec5
2 changed files with 70 additions and 68 deletions
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include/linux/sched.h
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@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
#include <linux/sched/prio.h>
struct sched_param {
int sched_priority;
};
#include <asm/param.h> /* for HZ */
#include <linux/capability.h>
@ -64,69 +59,8 @@ struct sched_param {
#include <asm/processor.h>
#define SCHED_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 48 /* sizeof first published struct */
/*
* Extended scheduling parameters data structure.
*
* This is needed because the original struct sched_param can not be
* altered without introducing ABI issues with legacy applications
* (e.g., in sched_getparam()).
*
* However, the possibility of specifying more than just a priority for
* the tasks may be useful for a wide variety of application fields, e.g.,
* multimedia, streaming, automation and control, and many others.
*
* This variant (sched_attr) is meant at describing a so-called
* sporadic time-constrained task. In such model a task is specified by:
* - the activation period or minimum instance inter-arrival time;
* - the maximum (or average, depending on the actual scheduling
* discipline) computation time of all instances, a.k.a. runtime;
* - the deadline (relative to the actual activation time) of each
* instance.
* Very briefly, a periodic (sporadic) task asks for the execution of
* some specific computation --which is typically called an instance--
* (at most) every period. Moreover, each instance typically lasts no more
* than the runtime and must be completed by time instant t equal to
* the instance activation time + the deadline.
*
* This is reflected by the actual fields of the sched_attr structure:
*
* @size size of the structure, for fwd/bwd compat.
*
* @sched_policy task's scheduling policy
* @sched_flags for customizing the scheduler behaviour
* @sched_nice task's nice value (SCHED_NORMAL/BATCH)
* @sched_priority task's static priority (SCHED_FIFO/RR)
* @sched_deadline representative of the task's deadline
* @sched_runtime representative of the task's runtime
* @sched_period representative of the task's period
*
* 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
* timing constraints.
*
* As of now, the SCHED_DEADLINE policy (sched_dl scheduling class) is the
* only user of this new interface. More information about the algorithm
* available in the scheduling class file or in Documentation/.
*/
struct sched_attr {
u32 size;
u32 sched_policy;
u64 sched_flags;
/* SCHED_NORMAL, SCHED_BATCH */
s32 sched_nice;
/* SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR */
u32 sched_priority;
/* SCHED_DEADLINE */
u64 sched_runtime;
u64 sched_deadline;
u64 sched_period;
};
struct sched_attr;
struct sched_param;
struct futex_pi_state;
struct robust_list_head;

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include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h
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@ -3,4 +3,72 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
struct sched_param {
int sched_priority;
};
#define SCHED_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 48 /* sizeof first published struct */
/*
* Extended scheduling parameters data structure.
*
* This is needed because the original struct sched_param can not be
* altered without introducing ABI issues with legacy applications
* (e.g., in sched_getparam()).
*
* However, the possibility of specifying more than just a priority for
* the tasks may be useful for a wide variety of application fields, e.g.,
* multimedia, streaming, automation and control, and many others.
*
* This variant (sched_attr) is meant at describing a so-called
* sporadic time-constrained task. In such model a task is specified by:
* - the activation period or minimum instance inter-arrival time;
* - the maximum (or average, depending on the actual scheduling
* discipline) computation time of all instances, a.k.a. runtime;
* - the deadline (relative to the actual activation time) of each
* instance.
* Very briefly, a periodic (sporadic) task asks for the execution of
* some specific computation --which is typically called an instance--
* (at most) every period. Moreover, each instance typically lasts no more
* than the runtime and must be completed by time instant t equal to
* the instance activation time + the deadline.
*
* This is reflected by the actual fields of the sched_attr structure:
*
* @size size of the structure, for fwd/bwd compat.
*
* @sched_policy task's scheduling policy
* @sched_flags for customizing the scheduler behaviour
* @sched_nice task's nice value (SCHED_NORMAL/BATCH)
* @sched_priority task's static priority (SCHED_FIFO/RR)
* @sched_deadline representative of the task's deadline
* @sched_runtime representative of the task's runtime
* @sched_period representative of the task's period
*
* 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
* timing constraints.
*
* As of now, the SCHED_DEADLINE policy (sched_dl scheduling class) is the
* only user of this new interface. More information about the algorithm
* available in the scheduling class file or in Documentation/.
*/
struct sched_attr {
u32 size;
u32 sched_policy;
u64 sched_flags;
/* SCHED_NORMAL, SCHED_BATCH */
s32 sched_nice;
/* SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR */
u32 sched_priority;
/* SCHED_DEADLINE */
u64 sched_runtime;
u64 sched_deadline;
u64 sched_period;
};
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SCHED_TYPES_H */