Work queues

[Bob McElrath <bob+linux-kernel@mcelrath.org>]

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Bob McElrath [bob+linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org] wrote:
> If you give the [nvisr/0] process a negative priority, the stalls go
> away.  I just played through a level of Chromium BSU and it performed
> flawlessly (with the nvisr process at -20 priority).  With the latest bk
> tree there are also no oopses.

So it seems the way to do this is:

    my_workqueue = create_workqueue("mywork");
    if (!my_workqueue) {
        printk("Unable to create workqueue\n");
        return -EIO;
    }
    pri.sched_priority = 1; /* BM: any nonzero should do, is there any reason 
                               to chose a larger priority? */
    rc = security_ops->task_setscheduler(isr_workqueue->cpu_wq[0]->pid, SCHED_FIFO, &pri);
    if(rc < 0) {
        printk("Unable to set real-time priority for NV (err=%d)\n", rc);
    }

The above code doesn't work though because the struct workqueue_struct is
hidden away in workqueue.c, invisible to modules.  The line:
    isr_workqueue->cpu_wq[0]->pid
bombs because the struct is not defined (dereferencing pointer to incomplete
type).  Is there a better way to get the pid of a workqueue I just created?  Or
for that matter is there a better way to set the scheduler for a workqueue I
just created?  I imagine many drivers would want to do this...

I notice the sched_setscheduler system call is not available in any kernel
header.  What is the proper procedure for calling such a function from a
module?

Cheers,
-- Bob

Bob McElrath
Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Physics

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