[PATCH] 2.5: task cpu affinity syscalls

Robert Love (rml@tech9.net)
08 Apr 2002 10:17:22 -0400


Linus,

Attached is a resync to 2.5.8-pre2 of my CPU affinity syscalls for 2.5's
scheduler.

This patch implements two new syscalls:

int sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, unsigned int len,
unsigned long *new_mask_ptr)

int sched_getaffinity(pid_t pid, unsigned int *user_len_ptr,
unsigned long *user_mask_ptr)

which set and get a task's CPU affinity, respectively. I think we do
indeed need to export an interface for setting affinity for specific
needs, but a simple exported bitmask representation of cpus_allowed is
more than enough and these calls fit into our existing sched_* family.

These syscalls provide forward-compatibility with cpus_allowed changes,
implement security, and use Ingo's existing set_cpus_allowed method.

These syscalls are based on code of Ingo's for 2.4.

Changes since last post:

- drop tasklist_lock before calling set_cpus_allowed. Holding it across
the call may not be safe. Instead, pin the specific task_struct with
get_task_struct.
- remove ifdef in code
- minor cleanups, resync, et cetera

Well-tested on both UP and SMP. A test program and a tool for setting
affinity of processes is available at
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/cpu-affinity
and your favorite mirror. Please apply.

Robert Love

diff -urN linux-2.5.8-pre2/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
--- linux-2.5.8-pre2/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S Sat Apr 6 14:04:16 2002
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S Sat Apr 6 19:44:29 2002
@@ -717,6 +717,8 @@
.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_tkill)
.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_sendfile64)
.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_futex) /* 240 */
+ .long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_sched_setaffinity)
+ .long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_sched_getaffinity)

.rept NR_syscalls-(.-sys_call_table)/4
.long SYMBOL_NAME(sys_ni_syscall)
diff -urN linux-2.5.8-pre2/include/asm-i386/unistd.h linux/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
--- linux-2.5.8-pre2/include/asm-i386/unistd.h Mon Mar 18 15:37:16 2002
+++ linux/include/asm-i386/unistd.h Sat Apr 6 19:44:29 2002
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@
#define __NR_tkill 238
#define __NR_sendfile64 239
#define __NR_futex 240
+#define __NR_sched_setaffinity 241
+#define __NR_sched_getaffinity 242

/* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -124: see <asm-i386/errno.h> */

diff -urN linux-2.5.8-pre2/kernel/sched.c linux/kernel/sched.c
--- linux-2.5.8-pre2/kernel/sched.c Sat Apr 6 14:04:16 2002
+++ linux/kernel/sched.c Sat Apr 6 19:44:29 2002
@@ -1234,6 +1234,103 @@
return retval;
}

+/**
+ * sys_sched_setaffinity - set the cpu affinity of a process
+ * @pid: pid of the process
+ * @len: length of new_mask
+ * @new_mask: user-space pointer to the new cpu mask
+ */
+asmlinkage int sys_sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, unsigned int len,
+ unsigned long *new_mask_ptr)
+{
+ unsigned long new_mask;
+ task_t *p;
+ int retval;
+
+ if (len < sizeof(new_mask))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&new_mask, new_mask_ptr, sizeof(new_mask)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ new_mask &= cpu_online_map;
+ if (!new_mask)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+ p = find_process_by_pid(pid);
+ if (!p) {
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ return -ESRCH;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * It is not safe to call set_cpus_allowed with the
+ * tasklist_lock held. We will bump the task_struct's
+ * usage count and then drop tasklist_lock.
+ */
+ get_task_struct(p);
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+ retval = -EPERM;
+ if ((current->euid != p->euid) && (current->euid != p->uid) &&
+ !capable(CAP_SYS_NICE))
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+ retval = 0;
+ set_cpus_allowed(p, new_mask);
+
+out_unlock:
+ put_task_struct(p);
+ return retval;
+}
+
+/**
+ * sys_sched_getaffinity - get the cpu affinity of a process
+ * @pid: pid of the process
+ * @user_len_ptr: userspace pointer to the length of the mask
+ * @user_mask_ptr: userspace pointer to the mask
+ */
+asmlinkage int sys_sched_getaffinity(pid_t pid, unsigned int *user_len_ptr,
+ unsigned long *user_mask_ptr)
+{
+ unsigned long mask;
+ unsigned int len, user_len;
+ task_t *p;
+ int retval;
+
+ len = sizeof(mask);
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&user_len, user_len_ptr, sizeof(user_len)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ /* return to the user the actual size of the bitmask */
+ if (copy_to_user(user_len_ptr, &len, sizeof(len)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ if (user_len < len)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+ retval = -ESRCH;
+ p = find_process_by_pid(pid);
+ if (!p)
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+ retval = 0;
+ mask = p->cpus_allowed & cpu_online_map;
+
+out_unlock:
+ read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ if (retval)
+ return retval;
+ if (copy_to_user(user_mask_ptr, &mask, sizeof(mask)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return 0;
+}
+
asmlinkage long sys_sched_yield(void)
{
runqueue_t *rq;

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