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

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Mon Nov 15 2004 - 16:35:35 EST


>> * Dean Nelson (dcn@xxxxxxx) 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.

Hi,

can you elaborate a little why passing the task struct/pid is better/worse,
respectively?


Jan Engelhardt
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