Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:33:44 +0530 | | From | Dhaval Giani <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] sched: Don't allow priority switch to realtime when the task doesn't belong to init_task_group and when CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED isn't set | |
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 08:58:29AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > Applies on 2.6.28-rc5.> > > > With CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED not set, don't allow a task's priority
> > switch to realtime if the task isn't part of init_task_group.
> > > > A task belonging to a fair group could use > > sched_setscheduler/sched_setparam to become a realtime task. If such
> > a task belongs to one of the child groups of init_task_group and if
> > CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is not set, then it ends up getting queued in
> > init_task_group's runqueue. So we have a situation where, a task
> > belongs to one group (child) but ends in the runqueue of another
> > group (init_task_group). This does not look correct.
> > > > Fix this by failing such priority change requests in
> > sched_setscheduler() and sched_setparam().> > > > Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> > kernel/sched.c | 7 +++++++
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > --- a/kernel/sched.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched.c
> > @@ -5206,6 +5206,13 @@ recheck:
> > if (rt_bandwidth_enabled() && rt_policy(policy) &&
> > task_group(p)->rt_bandwidth.rt_runtime == 0)
> > return -EPERM;
> > +#elif defined(CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED)
> > + /*
> > + * If the task doesn't belong to init_task_group, don't
> > + * allow priority switch to realtime. (!CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED)
> > + */
> > + if (rt_policy(policy) && (task_group(p) != &init_task_group))
> > + return -EPERM;
> > #endif
> >
> > retval = security_task_setscheduler(p, policy, param);
>
> hm, another option would be, instead of denying something (which
> denial might not even be noticed by the app) that the app clearly has
> enough privilege to request - to just act upon it and move the task to
> the init_task_group?
>
> the app cannot expect fair scheduling for this task anyway. And if we
> want to forbid tasks from doing so - do not give them privilege to go
> to RT priorities.
>
I am wondering what would the right action then be if the task drops
back to CFS.
--
regards,
Dhaval
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