Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:41:00 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [Patch] export sched_setscheduler() for kernel module use |
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>> * Dean Nelson (dcn@sgi.com) wrote: >> > +int do_sched_setscheduler(pid_t pid, int policy, struct sched_param __user *param) >> >> this should be static. > >You're right. I made another change in that one now passes the task_struct >pointer to sched_setscheduler() instead of the pid. This requires that >the caller of sched_setscheduler() hold the tasklist_lock. The new patch >for people's feedback follows.
Hi,
can you elaborate a little why passing the task struct/pid is better/worse, respectively?
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