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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/13] sched: Add 3 new scheduler syscalls to support an extended scheduling parameters ABI
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On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> From: Dario Faggioli <raistlin@linux.it>
>
> Add the syscalls needed for supporting scheduling algorithms
> with extended scheduling parameters (e.g., SCHED_DEADLINE).

> - defines and implements the new scheduling related syscalls that
> manipulate it, i.e., sched_setscheduler2(), sched_setattr()
> and sched_getattr().

> Syscalls are introduced for x86 (32 and 64 bits) and ARM only, as a
> proof of concept and for developing and testing purposes. Making them
> available on other architectures is straightforward.

Please cc linux-arch on new syscalls.

They're now in mainline, and in the end there are only 2 (sched_setattr() and
sched_getattr()).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds


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