sched/rt: Clean up usage of rt_task()

rt_task() checks if a task has RT priority. But depends on your
dictionary, this could mean it belongs to RT class, or is a 'realtime'
task, which includes RT and DL classes.

Since this has caused some confusion already on discussion [1], it
seemed a clean up is due.

I define the usage of rt_task() to be tasks that belong to RT class.
Make sure that it returns true only for RT class and audit the users and
replace the ones required the old behavior with the new realtime_task()
which returns true for RT and DL classes. Introduce similar
realtime_prio() to create similar distinction to rt_prio() and update
the users that required the old behavior to use the new function.

Move MAX_DL_PRIO to prio.h so it can be used in the new definitions.

Document the functions to make it more obvious what is the difference
between them. PI-boosted tasks is a factor that must be taken into
account when choosing which function to use.

Rename task_is_realtime() to realtime_task_policy() as the old name is
confusing against the new realtime_task().

No functional changes were intended.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240506100509.GL40213@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net/

Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240610192018.1567075-2-qyousef@layalina.io

4 files changed, 32 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ioprio.h b/include/linux/ioprio.h
index db1249cd9692..75859b78d540 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioprio.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioprio.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static inline int task_nice_ioclass(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	if (task->policy == SCHED_IDLE)
 		return IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE;
-	else if (task_is_realtime(task))
+	else if (realtime_task_policy(task))
 		return IOPRIO_CLASS_RT;
 	else
 		return IOPRIO_CLASS_BE;
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/deadline.h b/include/linux/sched/deadline.h
index df3aca89d4f5..5cb88b748ad6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/deadline.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/deadline.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
-#define MAX_DL_PRIO		0
-
 static inline int dl_prio(int prio)
 {
 	if (unlikely(prio < MAX_DL_PRIO))
@@ -19,6 +17,10 @@ static inline int dl_prio(int prio)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns true if a task has a priority that belongs to DL class. PI-boosted
+ * tasks will return true. Use dl_policy() to ignore PI-boosted tasks.
+ */
 static inline int dl_task(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	return dl_prio(p->prio);
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/prio.h b/include/linux/sched/prio.h
index ab83d85e1183..6ab43b4f72f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/prio.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/prio.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #define MAX_RT_PRIO		100
+#define MAX_DL_PRIO		0
 
 #define MAX_PRIO		(MAX_RT_PRIO + NICE_WIDTH)
 #define DEFAULT_PRIO		(MAX_RT_PRIO + NICE_WIDTH / 2)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/rt.h b/include/linux/sched/rt.h
index b2b9e6eb9683..a055dd68a77c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/rt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/rt.h
@@ -8,17 +8,42 @@ struct task_struct;
 
 static inline int rt_prio(int prio)
 {
+	if (unlikely(prio < MAX_RT_PRIO && prio >= MAX_DL_PRIO))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int realtime_prio(int prio)
+{
 	if (unlikely(prio < MAX_RT_PRIO))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns true if a task has a priority that belongs to RT class. PI-boosted
+ * tasks will return true. Use rt_policy() to ignore PI-boosted tasks.
+ */
 static inline int rt_task(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	return rt_prio(p->prio);
 }
 
-static inline bool task_is_realtime(struct task_struct *tsk)
+/*
+ * Returns true if a task has a priority that belongs to RT or DL classes.
+ * PI-boosted tasks will return true. Use realtime_task_policy() to ignore
+ * PI-boosted tasks.
+ */
+static inline int realtime_task(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	return realtime_prio(p->prio);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns true if a task has a policy that belongs to RT or DL classes.
+ * PI-boosted tasks will return false.
+ */
+static inline bool realtime_task_policy(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	int policy = tsk->policy;