Re: [Patch] export sched_setscheduler() for kernel module use

[Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 11:48:21AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 10:58:01AM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> > > * Dean Nelson (dcn@sgi.com) wrote:
> > > > +int do_sched_setscheduler(pid_t pid, int policy, struct sched_param __user *param)
> > > 
> > > this should be static.
> > 
> > You're right. I made another change in that one now passes the
> > task_struct pointer to sched_setscheduler() instead of the pid. This
> > requires that the caller of sched_setscheduler() hold the
> > tasklist_lock. The new patch for people's feedback follows.
> 
> could you make sched_setscheduler() also include a parameter for the
> nice value, so that ->static_prio could be set at the same time too
> (which would have relevance if SCHED_OTHER is used)? This would make it
> a generic kernel-internal API to change all the priority parameters.
> Looks good otherwise.

Yeah, I can do that. I'll probably be getting back to you with a
question or two, if what you're after isn't obvious once I start
making the changes for the nice parameter.

Thanks,
Dean