From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:17:21 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: rcutorture: Set rcuperf writer kthreads to real-time priority
X-Git-Tag: v4.7-rc1~196^2^2^4~17
X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2094c99558d9e9374210898f65f5862f7a2e8bed;p=linux.git

rcutorture: Set rcuperf writer kthreads to real-time priority

This commit forces more deterministic update-side behavior by setting
rcuperf's rcu_perf_writer() kthreads to real-time priority.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
index 7a1edf417d18..e18d016a9888 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ rcu_perf_writer(void *arg)
 	int i = 0;
 	int i_max;
 	long me = (long)arg;
+	struct sched_param sp;
 	bool started = false, done = false, alldone = false;
 	u64 t;
 	u64 *wdp;
@@ -365,6 +366,8 @@ rcu_perf_writer(void *arg)
 	WARN_ON(rcu_gp_is_normal() && gp_exp);
 	WARN_ON(!wdpp);
 	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(me % nr_cpu_ids));
+	sp.sched_priority = 1;
+	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
 	t = ktime_get_mono_fast_ns();
 	if (atomic_inc_return(&n_rcu_perf_writer_started) >= nrealwriters) {
 		t_rcu_perf_writer_started = t;