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Subject[PATCH] sched/deadline: document behavior of sched_yield()
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This is a documentation only patch, explaining the
behavior of sched_yield() when a SCHED_DEADLINE
task calls it (give up remaining runtime and
suspend till next period).

Signed-off-by: Tommaso Cucinotta <tommaso.cucinotta@sssup.it>
Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
---
Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt
index 53a2fe1..cb43421 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ CONTENTS
4.1 System-wide settings
4.2 Task interface
4.3 Default behavior
+ 4.4 Behavior of sched_yield()
5. Tasks CPU affinity
5.1 SCHED_DEADLINE and cpusets HOWTO
6. Future plans
@@ -426,6 +427,18 @@ CONTENTS
Finally, notice that in order not to jeopardize the admission control a
-deadline task cannot fork.

+4.4 Behavior of sched_yield()
+-----------------------------
+
+ When a SCHED_DEADLINE task calls sched_yield(), it gives up its
+ remaining runtime and is suspended till the next reservation period,
+ when its runtime will be replenished. This allows the task to
+ wake-up exactly at the beginning of the next period. Also, this may
+ be useful in the future with bandwidth reclaiming mechanisms, where
+ sched_yield() will make the leftoever runtime available for
+ reclamation by other SCHED_DEADLINE tasks.
+
+
5. Tasks CPU affinity
=====================

--
2.7.4
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