On 08-May 21:21, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 11:41:41AM +0100, Patrick Bellasi wrote: > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h > > index 22627f80063e..075c610adf45 100644 > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h > > @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ > > /* SCHED_ISO: reserved but not implemented yet */ > > #define SCHED_IDLE 5 > > #define SCHED_DEADLINE 6 > > +/* Must be the last entry: used to sanity check attr.policy values */ > > +#define SCHED_POLICY_MAX SCHED_DEADLINE > > This is a wee bit sad to put in a uapi header; but yeah, where else :/ > > Another option would be something like: > > enum { > SCHED_NORMAL = 0, > SCHED_FIFO = 1, > SCHED_RR = 2, > SCHED_BATCH = 3, > /* SCHED_ISO = 4, reserved */ > SCHED_IDLE = 5, > SCHED_DEADLINE = 6, > SCHED_POLICY_NR > }; > > > /* Can be ORed in to make sure the process is reverted back to SCHED_NORMAL on fork */ > > #define SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK 0x40000000 > > @@ -50,9 +52,11 @@ > > #define SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK 0x01 > > #define SCHED_FLAG_RECLAIM 0x02 > > #define SCHED_FLAG_DL_OVERRUN 0x04 > > +#define SCHED_FLAG_KEEP_POLICY 0x08 > > > > #define SCHED_FLAG_ALL (SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK | \ > > SCHED_FLAG_RECLAIM | \ > > - SCHED_FLAG_DL_OVERRUN) > > + SCHED_FLAG_DL_OVERRUN | \ > > + SCHED_FLAG_KEEP_POLICY) > > > > #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SCHED_H */ > > diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c > > index d368ac26b8aa..20efb32e1a7e 100644 > > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c > > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c > > @@ -4907,8 +4907,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_setattr, pid_t, pid, struct sched_attr __user *, uattr, > > if (retval) > > return retval; > > > > - if ((int)attr.sched_policy < 0) > > + /* > > + * A valid policy is always required from userspace, unless > > + * SCHED_FLAG_KEEP_POLICY is set and the current policy > > + * is enforced for this call. > > + */ > > + if (attr.sched_policy > SCHED_POLICY_MAX && > > + !(attr.sched_flags & SCHED_FLAG_KEEP_POLICY)) { > > return -EINVAL; > > + } > > And given I just looked at those darn SCHED_* things, I now note the > above does 'funny' things when passed: attr.policy=4. Looking better at the code, I see now that we don't really need that check anymore. Indeed, v8 introduced the support to change policy specific and independent attributes at the same time. Thus: 1. the policy validity is already checked in: sched_setattr() sched_setattr() __sched_setscheduler() valid_policy() which knows how to deal with attr.policy=4 (i.e. -EINVAL) 2. when we pass in SCHED_FLAG_KEEP_POLICY we force the current policy by setting attr.sched_policy = SETPARAM_POLICY, so we just need a non negative policy being defined (usually 0 by default). Thus, I'll remove the new #define and update the check above to be just: if (attr.sched_flags & SCHED_FLAG_KEEP_POLICY) attr.sched_policy = SETPARAM_POLICY; else if ((int)attr.sched_policy < 0) return -EINVAL; which should cover the additional case: you can syscall with just SCHED_FLAG_KEEP_POLICY set if you want to change only cross-policy attributes. > > + if (attr.sched_flags & SCHED_FLAG_KEEP_POLICY) > > + attr.sched_policy = SETPARAM_POLICY; > > > > rcu_read_lock(); > > retval = -ESRCH; -- #include <best/regards.h> Patrick Bellasi