Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] tracing: add sched_set_prio tracepoint

Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
2016-06-08T00:18:48Z

On 06/06/2016 06:03 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>>> > >> +/*
>>>> > >> + * Tracepoint for priority changes of a task.
>>>> > >> + */
>>>> > >> +DEFINE_EVENT(sched_prio_template, sched_set_prio,
>>>> > >> + TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *tsk, int newprio),
>>>> > >> + TP_ARGS(tsk, newprio));
>>>> > >> +
> Nak on anything that cannot fundamentally deal with SCHED_DEADLINE.

My 2 cents: I liked the idea... But, I agree with peterz. This cannot
fundamentally deal with deadline scheduler.

In the deadline scheduler, the priority is set at every new sporadic
activation of the task (it is a fixed job priority scheduler - not a
fixed priority scheduler). The priority is the deadline of the new job.
The deadline is an u64, that does not fit in the int prio - so it cannot
be reused.

-- Daniel