From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] sched: Add 3 new scheduler syscalls to support an extended scheduling parameters ABI Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:48:48 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20131217122720.950475833@infradead.org> <20131217123352.692059839@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from mail-pd0-f180.google.com ([209.85.192.180]:55239 "EHLO mail-pd0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750892AbaAZJss (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Jan 2014 04:48:48 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20131217123352.692059839@infradead.org> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Peter Zijlstra , Linux-Arch Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Steven Rostedt , Oleg Nesterov , =?UTF-8?B?RnLDqWTDqXJpYyBXZWlzYmVja2Vy?= , darren@dvhart.com, johan.eker@ericsson.com, p.faure@akatech.ch, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Claudio Scordino , Michael Trimarchi , Fabio Checconi , Tommaso Cucinotta , Juri Lelli , nicola.manica@disi.unitn.it, luca.abeni@unitn.it, Dhaval Giani , hgu1972@gmail.com, Paul McKenney , Dario Faggioli , insop.song@gmail.com, liming.wang@windriver.com, John Kacur On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > From: Dario Faggioli > > Add the syscalls needed for supporting scheduling algorithms > with extended scheduling parameters (e.g., SCHED_DEADLINE). > - defines and implements the new scheduling related syscalls that > manipulate it, i.e., sched_setscheduler2(), sched_setattr() > and sched_getattr(). > Syscalls are introduced for x86 (32 and 64 bits) and ARM only, as a > proof of concept and for developing and testing purposes. Making them > available on other architectures is straightforward. Please cc linux-arch on new syscalls. They're now in mainline, and in the end there are only 2 (sched_setattr() and sched_getattr()). Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds