Ports that are marked low-latency get their own kthread that is high-priority. Signed-off-by: Steven Walter <stevenrwalter@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c index 4564202..b3c1298 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <linux/string.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/sched.h> +#include <linux/sched/prio.h> #include <linux/wait.h> #include <linux/bitops.h> #include <linux/delay.h> @@ -522,10 +523,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_flip_buffer_push); */ static DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(tty_buffer_worker); +static DEFINE_KTHREAD_WORKER(tty_buffer_worker_ll); void tty_buffer_queue_work(struct tty_port *port) { - queue_kthread_work(&tty_buffer_worker, &port->buf.work); + if (port->low_latency) + queue_kthread_work(&tty_buffer_worker_ll, &port->buf.work); + else + queue_kthread_work(&tty_buffer_worker, &port->buf.work); } void tty_buffer_flush_work(struct tty_port *port) @@ -535,7 +540,14 @@ void tty_buffer_flush_work(struct tty_port *port) void tty_buffer_init_kthread() { + struct task_struct *task; + /* Use same default priority as threaded irq handlers */ + struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_USER_RT_PRIO/2 }; + kthread_run(kthread_worker_fn, &tty_buffer_worker, "tty"); + task = kthread_run(kthread_worker_fn, &tty_buffer_worker_ll, + "tty-low-latency"); + sched_setscheduler(task, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m); } void tty_buffer_init(struct tty_port *port) -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html