[PATCH v3] sched/uapi: Reflect the use of sched_runtime in fair scheduler

[Yiwei Lin]

After the commit 857b158d, sched_attr::sched_runtime is used
to directly set a suggested request/slice length. Update the
comment and descriptions in sched/uapi to synchronize with this
change.

Signed-off-by: Yiwei Lin <s921975628@xxxxxxxxx>
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Change-Logs in V3:

Minimalize the change by fixing the comment only. The fix is not applied
correctly in V2.

 include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h
index bf6e9ae03..3586d5ce7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/sched/types.h
@@ -66,9 +66,15 @@
  * and policies, that can be used to ensure all the tasks will make their
  * timing constraints.
  *
- * As of now, the SCHED_DEADLINE policy (sched_dl scheduling class) is the
- * only user of this new interface. More information about the algorithm
- * available in the scheduling class file or in Documentation/.
+ * The SCHED_DEADLINE policy (sched_dl scheduling class) is the main
+ * user of this new interface. For SCHED_NORMAL and SCHED_BATCH tasks
+ * scheduled by the fair(EEVDF) scheduler, although not exactly the same
+ * as the sporadic time-constrained task we mentioned, some concepts are
+ * similar to the model. The period and deadline for SCHED_NORMAL/SCHED_BATCH
+ * task are decided by the scheduler algorithm. However, the user can still
+ * suggest the request/slice length using sched_runtime in this policy. More
+ * information about these algorithms is available in the scheduling class
+ * file or Documentation/.
  *
  * Task Utilization Attributes
  * ===========================
@@ -107,8 +113,9 @@ struct sched_attr {
 	/* SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR */
 	__u32 sched_priority;
 
-	/* SCHED_DEADLINE */
+	/* SCHED_NORMAL, SCHED_BATCH, SCHED_DEADLINE */
 	__u64 sched_runtime;
+	/* SCHED_DEADLINE */
 	__u64 sched_deadline;
 	__u64 sched_period;
 
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