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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2017-02-01 18:07:51 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2017-03-02 08:42:42 +0100 |
commit | e2d1e2aec572a2138dea74d53be54a1406d419c0 (patch) | |
tree | 46650b36bbecab6e14caa669d3262f2e949068e6 /include | |
parent | 47913d4ebd99c827c82c4f29eb282a119c3f2aeb (diff) |
sched/headers: Move various ABI definitions to <uapi/linux/sched/types.h>
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 70 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h | 68 |
2 files changed, 70 insertions, 68 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 7d6998858fa3..5c481906e835 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -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; diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h index d162d315f4b5..307acbc82d80 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h @@ -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 */ |