[tip:sched/urgent] sched: Add 'flags' argument to sched_{set, get}attr() syscalls

[tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra]

Commit-ID:  6d35ab48090b10c5ea5604ed5d6e91f302dc6060
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/6d35ab48090b10c5ea5604ed5d6e91f302dc6060
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:19:29 +0100
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:27:10 +0100

sched: Add 'flags' argument to sched_{set,get}attr() syscalls

Because of a recent syscall design debate; its deemed appropriate for
each syscall to have a flags argument for future extension; without
immediately requiring new syscalls.

Cc: juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140214161929.GL27965@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/syscalls.h |  6 ++++--
 kernel/sched/core.c      | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 40ed9e9..a747a77 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -281,13 +281,15 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sched_setscheduler(pid_t pid, int policy,
 asmlinkage long sys_sched_setparam(pid_t pid,
 					struct sched_param __user *param);
 asmlinkage long sys_sched_setattr(pid_t pid,
-					struct sched_attr __user *attr);
+					struct sched_attr __user *attr,
+					unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_sched_getscheduler(pid_t pid);
 asmlinkage long sys_sched_getparam(pid_t pid,
 					struct sched_param __user *param);
 asmlinkage long sys_sched_getattr(pid_t pid,
 					struct sched_attr __user *attr,
-					unsigned int size);
+					unsigned int size,
+					unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, unsigned int len,
 					unsigned long __user *user_mask_ptr);
 asmlinkage long sys_sched_getaffinity(pid_t pid, unsigned int len,
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index a6e7470..6edbef2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3661,13 +3661,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sched_setparam, pid_t, pid, struct sched_param __user *, param)
  * @pid: the pid in question.
  * @uattr: structure containing the extended parameters.
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sched_setattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr __user *, uattr)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_setattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr __user *, uattr,
+			       unsigned int, flags)
 {
 	struct sched_attr attr;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 	int retval;
 
-	if (!uattr || pid < 0)
+	if (!uattr || pid < 0 || flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (sched_copy_attr(uattr, &attr))
@@ -3804,8 +3805,8 @@ err_size:
  * @uattr: structure containing the extended parameters.
  * @size: sizeof(attr) for fwd/bwd comp.
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_getattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr __user *, uattr,
-		unsigned int, size)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE4(sched_getattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr __user *, uattr,
+		unsigned int, size, unsigned int, flags)
 {
 	struct sched_attr attr = {
 		.size = sizeof(struct sched_attr),
@@ -3814,7 +3815,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_getattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr __user *, uattr,
 	int retval;
 
 	if (!uattr || pid < 0 || size > PAGE_SIZE ||
-	    size < SCHED_ATTR_SIZE_VER0)
+	    size < SCHED_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 || flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
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