On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> wrote:
> From: Dario Faggioli <raist...@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 -- ge...@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
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Reply via email to