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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sched.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 5485f411e8e1..1113dd4706ae 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ struct sched_dl_entity { * @value: clamp value "assigned" to a se * @bucket_id: bucket index corresponding to the "assigned" value * @active: the se is currently refcounted in a rq's bucket + * @user_defined: the requested clamp value comes from user-space * * The bucket_id is the index of the clamp bucket matching the clamp value * which is pre-computed and stored to avoid expensive integer divisions from @@ -596,11 +597,19 @@ struct sched_dl_entity { * which can be different from the clamp value "requested" from user-space. * This allows to know a task is refcounted in the rq's bucket corresponding * to the "effective" bucket_id. + * + * The user_defined bit is set whenever a task has got a task-specific clamp + * value requested from userspace, i.e. the system defaults apply to this task + * just as a restriction. This allows to relax default clamps when a less + * restrictive task-specific value has been requested, thus allowing to + * implement a "nice" semantic. For example, a task running with a 20% + * default boost can still drop its own boosting to 0%. */ struct uclamp_se { unsigned int value : bits_per(SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE); unsigned int bucket_id : bits_per(UCLAMP_BUCKETS); unsigned int active : 1; + unsigned int user_defined : 1; }; #endif /* CONFIG_UCLAMP_TASK */ |