Dario Faggioli 712e5e34ae sched/deadline: Add sched_dl documentation ...

Add in Documentation/scheduler/ some hints about the design
choices, the usage and the future possible developments of the
sched_dl scheduling class and of the SCHED_DEADLINE policy.

Reviewed-by: Henrik Austad <henrik@austad.us>
Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <raistlin@linux.it>
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com>
[ Re-wrote sections 2 and 3. ]
Signed-off-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@unitn.it>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1390821615-23247-1-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

2014-01-28 13:08:40 +01:00

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cpu

sched/preempt: Fix up missed PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED folding

2014-01-13 17:38:55 +01:00

debug

kdb: Add support for external NMI handler to call KGDB/KDB

2013-10-03 18:47:54 +02:00

events

Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core

2014-01-16 09:33:30 +01:00

gcov

gcov: reuse kbasename helper

2013-11-13 12:09:34 +09:00

irq

Merge branch 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-12-02 10:15:39 -08:00

locking

Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2014-01-20 10:42:08 -08:00

power

PM / sleep: Fix memory leak in pm_vt_switch_unregister().

2013-12-22 00:56:35 +01:00

printk

printk.c: comments should refer to /proc/vmcore instead of /proc/vmcoreinfo

2013-11-13 12:09:14 +09:00

rcu

Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2014-01-20 10:25:12 -08:00

sched

sched/deadline: Add sched_dl documentation

2014-01-28 13:08:40 +01:00

time

Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2014-01-20 11:34:26 -08:00

trace

sched/clock, x86: Use a static_key for sched_clock_stable

2014-01-13 15:13:13 +01:00

.gitignore

Ignore generated file kernel/x509_certificate_list

2013-12-10 18:21:34 +00:00

acct.c

fs: Fix hang with BSD accounting on frozen filesystem

2013-05-04 14:57:58 -04:00

async.c

async: rename and redefine async_func_ptr

2013-03-12 13:59:14 -07:00

audit_tree.c

kernel/audit_tree.c:audit_add_tree_rule(): protect `rule' from kill_rules()

2013-06-12 16:29:46 -07:00

audit_watch.c

audit: catch possible NULL audit buffers

2013-01-11 14:54:55 -08:00

audit.c

Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit

2013-11-21 19:18:14 -08:00

audit.h

audit: call audit_bprm() only once to add AUDIT_EXECVE information

2013-11-05 11:15:03 -05:00

auditfilter.c

audit: do not reject all AUDIT_INODE filter types

2013-11-05 11:09:16 -05:00

auditsc.c

audit: fix type of sessionid in audit_set_loginuid()

2013-11-06 11:47:24 -05:00

backtracetest.c

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bounds.c

mm: do not allocate page->ptl dynamically, if spinlock_t fits to long

2013-12-20 12:25:45 -08:00

capability.c

xfs: update for v3.12-rc1

2013-09-09 11:19:09 -07:00

cgroup_freezer.c

cgroup: make css_for_each_descendant() and friends include the origin css in the iteration

2013-08-08 20:11:27 -04:00

cgroup.c

cgroup: don't recycle cgroup id until all csses' have been destroyed

2013-12-17 08:11:52 -05:00

compat.c

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal

2013-05-01 07:21:43 -07:00

configs.c

proc: Supply PDE attribute setting accessor functions

2013-05-01 17:29:18 -04:00

context_tracking.c

context_tracking: Wrap static key check into more intuitive function name

2013-12-02 20:43:14 +01:00

cpu_pm.c

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cpu.c

Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-11-14 16:55:11 +09:00

cpuset.c

cpuset: Fix memory allocator deadlock

2013-11-27 13:52:47 -05:00

crash_dump.c

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cred.c

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace

2012-12-18 10:55:28 -08:00

delayacct.c

kernel/delayacct.c: remove redundant checking in __delayacct_add_tsk()

2013-11-13 12:09:12 +09:00

dma.c

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elfcore.c

switch elf_core_write_extra_phdrs() to dump_emit()

2013-11-09 00:16:23 -05:00

exec_domain.c

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exit.c

ptrace: revert "Prepare to fix racy accesses on task breakpoints"

2013-07-09 10:33:26 -07:00

extable.c

kernel/extable: fix address-checks for core_kernel and init areas

2013-11-28 09:49:41 -08:00

fork.c

Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2014-01-20 10:42:08 -08:00

freezer.c

libata, freezer: avoid block device removal while system is frozen

2013-12-19 13:50:32 -05:00

futex_compat.c

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal

2013-02-23 18:50:11 -08:00

futex.c

Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2014-01-20 10:42:08 -08:00

groups.c

userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy

2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00

hrtimer.c

sched/deadline: Add SCHED_DEADLINE structures & implementation

2014-01-13 13:41:06 +01:00

hung_task.c

Here are the 3.13 KVM changes. There was a lot of work on the PPC

2013-11-15 13:51:36 +09:00

irq_work.c

Merge branch 'nohz/printk-v8' into irq/core

2013-02-05 00:48:46 +01:00

itimer.c

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jump_label.c

static_key: WARN on usage before jump_label_init was called

2013-10-19 19:45:35 -04:00

kallsyms.c

kernel: kallsyms: memory override issue, need check destination buffer length

2013-04-15 15:17:26 +09:30

kcmp.c

kcmp: include linux/ptrace.h

2012-12-20 17:40:19 -08:00

Kconfig.freezer

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Kconfig.hz

kernel: remove CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS

2013-11-15 09:32:22 +09:00

Kconfig.locks

locking: Fix copy/paste errors of "ARCH_INLINE_*_UNLOCK_BH"

2013-05-28 08:50:00 +02:00

Kconfig.preempt

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kexec.c

kexec: migrate to reboot cpu

2013-12-18 19:04:50 -08:00

kmod.c

kernel/kmod.c: check for NULL in call_usermodehelper_exec()

2013-09-30 14:31:02 -07:00

kprobes.c

kprobes: use KSYM_NAME_LEN to size identifier buffers

2013-11-13 12:09:26 +09:00

ksysfs.c

kernel: replace strict_strto*() with kstrto*()

2013-09-12 15:38:03 -07:00

kthread.c

kthread: make kthread_create() killable

2013-11-13 12:08:59 +09:00

latencytop.c

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Makefile

KEYS: Remove files generated when SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYRING=y

2013-12-13 15:59:11 +00:00

module_signing.c

keys: change asymmetric keys to use common hash definitions

2013-10-25 17:15:18 -04:00

module-internal.h

KEYS: Separate the kernel signature checking keyring from module signing

2013-09-25 17:17:01 +01:00

module.c

Mainly boring here, too. rmmod --wait finally removed, though.

2013-11-15 13:27:50 +09:00

notifier.c

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nsproxy.c

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace

2013-09-07 14:35:32 -07:00

padata.c

padata: make the sequence counter an atomic_t

2013-10-30 12:02:58 +08:00

panic.c

panic: Make panic_timeout configurable

2013-11-26 12:12:26 +01:00

params.c

kernel/params: fix handling of signed integer types

2013-09-28 12:35:52 -07:00

pid_namespace.c

pid_namespace: make freeing struct pid_namespace rcu-delayed

2013-10-24 23:43:29 -04:00

pid.c

pidns: fix free_pid() to handle the first fork failure

2013-09-30 14:31:03 -07:00

posix-cpu-timers.c

posix-timers: Convert abuses of BUG_ON to WARN_ON

2013-12-09 16:56:29 +01:00

posix-timers.c

posix-timers: Remove unused variable

2013-04-18 12:51:19 +02:00

profile.c

kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files

2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00

ptrace.c

exec/ptrace: fix get_dumpable() incorrect tests

2013-11-13 12:09:33 +09:00

range.c

range: Do not add new blank slot with add_range_with_merge

2013-06-18 11:32:10 -05:00

reboot.c

kexec: migrate to reboot cpu

2013-12-18 19:04:50 -08:00

relay.c

kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files

2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00

res_counter.c

memcg: reduce function dereference

2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00

resource.c

kernel/resource.c: remove the unneeded assignment in function __find_resource

2013-07-03 16:08:06 -07:00

seccomp.c

seccomp: allow BPF_XOR based ALU instructions.

2013-03-26 11:07:19 +11:00

signal.c

constify copy_siginfo_to_user{,32}()

2013-11-09 00:16:29 -05:00

smp.c

kernel: fix generic_exec_single indentation

2013-11-15 09:32:22 +09:00

smpboot.c

kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files

2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00

smpboot.h

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softirq.c

Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2014-01-20 11:34:26 -08:00

stacktrace.c

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stop_machine.c

stop_machine: Fix race between stop_two_cpus() and stop_cpus()

2013-11-11 12:43:38 +01:00

sys_ni.c

unify compat fanotify_mark(2), switch to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE

2013-05-09 13:46:38 -04:00

sys.c

kernel/sys.c: remove obsolete #include <linux/kexec.h>

2013-11-13 12:09:13 +09:00

sysctl_binary.c

kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use scnprintf() instead of snprintf()

2013-11-13 12:09:33 +09:00

sysctl.c

sched/deadline: Remove the sysctl_sched_dl knobs

2014-01-13 13:47:23 +01:00

system_certificates.S

KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file

2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00

system_keyring.c

KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file

2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00

task_work.c

task_work: documentation

2013-09-11 15:58:27 -07:00

taskstats.c

genetlink: only pass array to genl_register_family_with_ops()

2013-11-19 16:39:05 -05:00

test_kprobes.c

kernel/: rename random32() to prandom_u32()

2013-04-29 18:28:42 -07:00

time.c

sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation

2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00

timeconst.bc

kernel: Replace timeconst.pl with a bc script

2013-02-16 23:17:25 +01:00

timer.c

timer: Convert kmalloc_node(...GFP_ZERO...) to kzalloc_node(...)

2013-11-19 14:59:50 +01:00

tracepoint.c

Tracing updates for Linux 3.10

2013-04-29 13:55:38 -07:00

tsacct.c

cputime: Use accessors to read task cputime stats

2013-01-27 19:23:31 +01:00

uid16.c

userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy

2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00

up.c

kernel: provide a __smp_call_function_single stub for !CONFIG_SMP

2013-11-15 09:32:22 +09:00

user_namespace.c

KEYS: Add per-user_namespace registers for persistent per-UID kerberos caches

2013-09-24 10:35:19 +01:00

user-return-notifier.c

hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators

2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00

user.c

KEYS: fix uninitialized persistent_keyring_register_sem

2013-12-13 15:59:11 +00:00

utsname_sysctl.c

kernel/utsname_sysctl.c: put get/get_uts() into CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL code block

2013-02-27 19:10:22 -08:00

utsname.c

userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy

2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00

watchdog.c

watchdog: update watchdog_thresh properly

2013-09-24 17:00:25 -07:00

workqueue_internal.h

sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation

2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00

workqueue.c

PCI updates for v3.13:

2013-12-15 11:45:27 -08:00