[PATCH 16/23] sched,watchdog: Convert to sched_set_fifo()

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Apr 22 2020 - 07:30:02 EST


Because SCHED_FIFO is a broken scheduler model (see previous patches)
take away the priority field, the kernel can't possibly make an
informed decision.

Effectively changes prio from 99 to 50.

Cc: wim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -1144,14 +1144,13 @@ void watchdog_dev_unregister(struct watc
int __init watchdog_dev_init(void)
{
int err;
- struct sched_param param = {.sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO - 1,};

watchdog_kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, "watchdogd");
if (IS_ERR(watchdog_kworker)) {
pr_err("Failed to create watchdog kworker\n");
return PTR_ERR(watchdog_kworker);
}
- sched_setscheduler(watchdog_kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+ sched_set_fifo(watchdog_kworker->task);

err = class_register(&watchdog_class);
if (err < 0) {