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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched.c | 48 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/softirq.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/stop_machine.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index b048ad8a11af..8d7c246ab864 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -4746,16 +4746,8 @@ __setscheduler(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int policy, int prio) set_load_weight(p); } -/** - * sched_setscheduler - change the scheduling policy and/or RT priority of a thread. - * @p: the task in question. - * @policy: new policy. - * @param: structure containing the new RT priority. - * - * NOTE that the task may be already dead. - */ -int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy, - struct sched_param *param) +static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy, + struct sched_param *param, bool user) { int retval, oldprio, oldpolicy = -1, on_rq, running; unsigned long flags; @@ -4787,7 +4779,7 @@ recheck: /* * Allow unprivileged RT tasks to decrease priority: */ - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) { + if (user && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) { if (rt_policy(policy)) { unsigned long rlim_rtprio; @@ -4823,7 +4815,8 @@ recheck: * Do not allow realtime tasks into groups that have no runtime * assigned. */ - if (rt_policy(policy) && task_group(p)->rt_bandwidth.rt_runtime == 0) + if (user + && rt_policy(policy) && task_group(p)->rt_bandwidth.rt_runtime == 0) return -EPERM; #endif @@ -4872,8 +4865,39 @@ recheck: return 0; } + +/** + * sched_setscheduler - change the scheduling policy and/or RT priority of a thread. + * @p: the task in question. + * @policy: new policy. + * @param: structure containing the new RT priority. + * + * NOTE that the task may be already dead. + */ +int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy, + struct sched_param *param) +{ + return __sched_setscheduler(p, policy, param, true); +} EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_setscheduler); +/** + * sched_setscheduler_nocheck - change the scheduling policy and/or RT priority of a thread from kernelspace. + * @p: the task in question. + * @policy: new policy. + * @param: structure containing the new RT priority. + * + * Just like sched_setscheduler, only don't bother checking if the + * current context has permission. For example, this is needed in + * stop_machine(): we create temporary high priority worker threads, + * but our caller might not have that capability. + */ +int sched_setscheduler_nocheck(struct task_struct *p, int policy, + struct sched_param *param) +{ + return __sched_setscheduler(p, policy, param, false); +} + static int do_sched_setscheduler(pid_t pid, int policy, struct sched_param __user *param) { diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c index 36e061740047..afd9120c2fc4 100644 --- a/kernel/softirq.c +++ b/kernel/softirq.c @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, p = per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu); per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu) = NULL; - sched_setscheduler(p, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m); + sched_setscheduler_nocheck(p, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m); kthread_stop(p); takeover_tasklets(hotcpu); break; diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c index b7350bbfb076..ba9b2054ecbd 100644 --- a/kernel/stop_machine.c +++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ struct task_struct *__stop_machine_run(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 }; /* One high-prio thread per cpu. We'll do this one. */ - sched_setscheduler(p, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m); + sched_setscheduler_nocheck(p, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m); kthread_bind(p, cpu); wake_up_process(p); wait_for_completion(&smdata.done); |