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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-03-16 10:42:07 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-03-16 10:42:07 -0700
commit59bf6c3c6c1e8463234015ae7690f5cdd991dffe (patch)
tree4fc64ceb17b26a5122622a8c6bea0db962837a0b /kernel/sched/core.c
parentb44eeb4d47b2a7e3e3494fff126b66338b360ce3 (diff)
parent96b3d28bf4b00f62fc8386ff5d487d1830793a3d (diff)
Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Three small fixes" * 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched/clock: Prevent tracing recursion in sched_clock_cpu() stop_machine: Fix^2 race between stop_two_cpus() and stop_cpus() sched/deadline: Deny unprivileged users to set/change SCHED_DEADLINE policy
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diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 6edbef296ece..f5c6635b806c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3338,6 +3338,15 @@ recheck:
return -EPERM;
}
+ /*
+ * Can't set/change SCHED_DEADLINE policy at all for now
+ * (safest behavior); in the future we would like to allow
+ * unprivileged DL tasks to increase their relative deadline
+ * or reduce their runtime (both ways reducing utilization)
+ */
+ if (dl_policy(policy))
+ return -EPERM;
+
/*
* Treat SCHED_IDLE as nice 20. Only allow a switch to
* SCHED_NORMAL if the RLIMIT_NICE would normally permit it.