Worker kthread needs to be able to change frequency for all other
threads.

Make it special, just under STOP class.

Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <[email protected]>
Cc: Luca Abeni <[email protected]>
Cc: Claudio Scordino <[email protected]>
---
 include/linux/sched.h            |  1 +
 include/uapi/linux/sched.h       |  1 +
 kernel/sched/core.c              | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 kernel/sched/deadline.c          |  6 ++++++
 kernel/sched/sched.h             |  8 +++++++-
 6 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 8127f8bbef56..fd30bec5e199 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1360,6 +1360,7 @@ extern int idle_cpu(int cpu);
 extern int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *, int, const struct 
sched_param *);
 extern int sched_setscheduler_nocheck(struct task_struct *, int, const struct 
sched_param *);
 extern int sched_setattr(struct task_struct *, const struct sched_attr *);
+extern int sched_setattr_nocheck(struct task_struct *, const struct sched_attr 
*);
 extern struct task_struct *idle_task(int cpu);
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h
index e2a6c7b3510b..72723859ef74 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/sched.h
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@
  */
 #define SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK       0x01
 #define SCHED_FLAG_RECLAIM             0x02
+#define SCHED_FLAG_SPECIAL             0x04
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SCHED_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 7fc2011c3ce7..ba57e2ef9aef 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2495,6 +2495,9 @@ static int dl_overflow(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
        u64 new_bw = dl_policy(policy) ? to_ratio(period, runtime) : 0;
        int cpus, err = -1;
 
+       if (attr->sched_flags & SCHED_FLAG_SPECIAL)
+               return 0;
+
        /* !deadline task may carry old deadline bandwidth */
        if (new_bw == p->dl.dl_bw && task_has_dl_policy(p))
                return 0;
@@ -4119,6 +4122,10 @@ __getparam_dl(struct task_struct *p, struct sched_attr 
*attr)
 static bool
 __checkparam_dl(const struct sched_attr *attr)
 {
+       /* special dl tasks don't actually use any parameter */
+       if (attr->sched_flags & SCHED_FLAG_SPECIAL)
+               return true;
+
        /* deadline != 0 */
        if (attr->sched_deadline == 0)
                return false;
@@ -4205,7 +4212,9 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
        }
 
        if (attr->sched_flags &
-               ~(SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK | SCHED_FLAG_RECLAIM))
+               ~(SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK |
+                 SCHED_FLAG_RECLAIM |
+                 SCHED_FLAG_SPECIAL))
                return -EINVAL;
 
        /*
@@ -4327,7 +4336,8 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
                }
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-               if (dl_bandwidth_enabled() && dl_policy(policy)) {
+               if (dl_bandwidth_enabled() && dl_policy(policy) &&
+                               !(attr->sched_flags & SCHED_FLAG_SPECIAL)) {
                        cpumask_t *span = rq->rd->span;
 
                        /*
@@ -4457,6 +4467,11 @@ int sched_setattr(struct task_struct *p, const struct 
sched_attr *attr)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_setattr);
 
+int sched_setattr_nocheck(struct task_struct *p, const struct sched_attr *attr)
+{
+       return __sched_setscheduler(p, attr, false, true);
+}
+
 /**
  * sched_setscheduler_nocheck - change the scheduling policy and/or RT 
priority of a thread from kernelspace.
  * @p: the task in question.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 7f1913e265d1..1508109c7f19 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -421,7 +421,16 @@ static void sugov_policy_free(struct sugov_policy 
*sg_policy)
 static int sugov_kthread_create(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy)
 {
        struct task_struct *thread;
-       struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_USER_RT_PRIO / 2 };
+       struct sched_attr attr = {
+               .size = sizeof(struct sched_attr),
+               .sched_policy = SCHED_DEADLINE,
+               .sched_flags = SCHED_FLAG_SPECIAL,
+               .sched_nice = 0,
+               .sched_priority = 0,
+               .sched_runtime = 0,
+               .sched_deadline = 0,
+               .sched_period = 0,
+       };
        struct cpufreq_policy *policy = sg_policy->policy;
        int ret;
 
@@ -439,10 +448,10 @@ static int sugov_kthread_create(struct sugov_policy 
*sg_policy)
                return PTR_ERR(thread);
        }
 
-       ret = sched_setscheduler_nocheck(thread, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
+       ret = sched_setattr_nocheck(thread, &attr);
        if (ret) {
                kthread_stop(thread);
-               pr_warn("%s: failed to set SCHED_FIFO\n", __func__);
+               pr_warn("%s: failed to set SCHED_DEADLINE\n", __func__);
                return ret;
        }
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index fed54b078240..5ee4fd9b1c7f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ static void task_non_contending(struct task_struct *p)
        if (dl_se->dl_runtime == 0)
                return;
 
+       if (unlikely(dl_entity_is_special(dl_se)))
+               return;
+
        WARN_ON(hrtimer_active(&dl_se->inactive_timer));
        WARN_ON(dl_se->dl_non_contending);
 
@@ -1036,6 +1039,9 @@ static void update_curr_dl(struct rq *rq)
 
        sched_rt_avg_update(rq, delta_exec);
 
+       if (unlikely(dl_entity_is_special(dl_se)))
+               return;
+
        if (unlikely(dl_se->flags & SCHED_FLAG_RECLAIM))
                delta_exec = grub_reclaim(delta_exec, rq, &curr->dl);
        dl_se->runtime -= delta_exec;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index f1e400c6403c..e48cc8762e04 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -155,13 +155,19 @@ static inline int task_has_dl_policy(struct task_struct 
*p)
        return dl_policy(p->policy);
 }
 
+static inline int dl_entity_is_special(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+{
+       return dl_se->flags & SCHED_FLAG_SPECIAL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Tells if entity @a should preempt entity @b.
  */
 static inline bool
 dl_entity_preempt(struct sched_dl_entity *a, struct sched_dl_entity *b)
 {
-       return dl_time_before(a->deadline, b->deadline);
+       return dl_entity_is_special(a) ||
+              dl_time_before(a->deadline, b->deadline);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.11.0

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