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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-14 14:50:49 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-14 14:50:49 -0700
commit948769a5ba304ed3329a2f42ee3561f04a0b5692 (patch)
tree7430c5fcae383d90c7c0101364440ac24e5cbc18 /kernel
parente18425a0abc8eafa8e98ecffac517bb0c0904f4b (diff)
parent773dc8eacaedb2e8c8d0defb5de2c66ea7dc4a08 (diff)
Merge branch 'sched/new-API-sched_setscheduler' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'sched/new-API-sched_setscheduler' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: add new API sched_setscheduler_nocheck: add a flag to control access checks
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched.c48
-rw-r--r--kernel/softirq.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/stop_machine.c2
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index c74b0d23c752..2317a2178104 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4995,16 +4995,8 @@ __setscheduler(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int policy, int prio)
set_load_weight(p);
}
-/**
- * sched_setscheduler - change the scheduling policy and/or RT priority of a thread.
- * @p: the task in question.
- * @policy: new policy.
- * @param: structure containing the new RT priority.
- *
- * NOTE that the task may be already dead.
- */
-int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
- struct sched_param *param)
+static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
+ struct sched_param *param, bool user)
{
int retval, oldprio, oldpolicy = -1, on_rq, running;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -5036,7 +5028,7 @@ recheck:
/*
* Allow unprivileged RT tasks to decrease priority:
*/
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+ if (user && !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
if (rt_policy(policy)) {
unsigned long rlim_rtprio;
@@ -5072,7 +5064,8 @@ recheck:
* Do not allow realtime tasks into groups that have no runtime
* assigned.
*/
- if (rt_policy(policy) && task_group(p)->rt_bandwidth.rt_runtime == 0)
+ if (user
+ && rt_policy(policy) && task_group(p)->rt_bandwidth.rt_runtime == 0)
return -EPERM;
#endif
@@ -5121,8 +5114,39 @@ recheck:
return 0;
}
+
+/**
+ * sched_setscheduler - change the scheduling policy and/or RT priority of a thread.
+ * @p: the task in question.
+ * @policy: new policy.
+ * @param: structure containing the new RT priority.
+ *
+ * NOTE that the task may be already dead.
+ */
+int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
+ struct sched_param *param)
+{
+ return __sched_setscheduler(p, policy, param, true);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_setscheduler);
+/**
+ * sched_setscheduler_nocheck - change the scheduling policy and/or RT priority of a thread from kernelspace.
+ * @p: the task in question.
+ * @policy: new policy.
+ * @param: structure containing the new RT priority.
+ *
+ * Just like sched_setscheduler, only don't bother checking if the
+ * current context has permission. For example, this is needed in
+ * stop_machine(): we create temporary high priority worker threads,
+ * but our caller might not have that capability.
+ */
+int sched_setscheduler_nocheck(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
+ struct sched_param *param)
+{
+ return __sched_setscheduler(p, policy, param, false);
+}
+
static int
do_sched_setscheduler(pid_t pid, int policy, struct sched_param __user *param)
{
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 36e061740047..afd9120c2fc4 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
p = per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu);
per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu) = NULL;
- sched_setscheduler(p, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+ sched_setscheduler_nocheck(p, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
kthread_stop(p);
takeover_tasklets(hotcpu);
break;
diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index b7350bbfb076..ba9b2054ecbd 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ struct task_struct *__stop_machine_run(int (*fn)(void *), void *data,
struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 };
/* One high-prio thread per cpu. We'll do this one. */
- sched_setscheduler(p, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+ sched_setscheduler_nocheck(p, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
kthread_bind(p, cpu);
wake_up_process(p);
wait_for_completion(&smdata.done);