Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched: Don't report SCHED_FLAG_SUGOV in sched_getattr()

From: Dietmar Eggemann
Date: Thu Jul 29 2021 - 13:21:13 EST


On 28/07/2021 14:36, Juri Lelli wrote:
> On 28/07/21 10:39, Quentin Perret wrote:
>> On Wednesday 28 Jul 2021 at 11:12:03 (+0200), Juri Lelli wrote:

[...]

>>> Maybe we can do this in the previous patch so that it's kept confined to
>>> deadline bits?
>>
>> That works too, it just felt like this could happen again if we start
>> using non-standard flags outside of deadline for any reason at some
>> point in the future. But no strong opinion really.
>
> Yeah, I also see this point. :)
>
> So no prob with me to keep it in core.c as you do here.
>
> Best,
> Juri
>

I would vote for not exporting SCHED_FLAG_SUGOV from __getparam_dl() in
patch 1/2 to underpin the idea that this flag is a hack.

@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@ void __getparam_dl(struct task_struct *p, struct
sched_attr *attr)
attr->sched_deadline = dl_se->dl_deadline;
attr->sched_period = dl_se->dl_period;
attr->sched_flags &= ~SCHED_DL_FLAGS;
- attr->sched_flags |= dl_se->flags;
+ attr->sched_flags |= dl_se->flags & ~SCHED_FLAG_SUGOV;