FROMLIST: prctl: Add PR_SET_TIMERSLACK_PID for setting timer slack of an arbitrary thread.
This allows power/performance management software to set timer
slack for other threads according to its policy for the thread
(such as when the thread is designated foreground vs. background
activity)
Second argument is similar to PR_SET_TIMERSLACK, if non-zero
then the slack is set to that value otherwise sets it to the
default for the thread.
Takes PID of the thread as the third argument.
This interface checks that the calling task has permissions to
to use PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH on the target task, so that we can
ensure arbitrary apps do not change the timer slack for other
apps.
Additional fixes from Ruchi and Micha Kalfon <micha@cellrox.com>
have been folded into this patch to make it easier to reivew.
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Oren Laadan <orenl@cellrox.com>
Cc: Micha Kalfon <micha@cellrox.com>
Cc: Ruchi Kandoi <kandoiruchi@google.com>
Cc: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@android.com>
Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com>
Signed-off-by: Ruchi Kandoi <kandoiruchi@google.com>
[jstultz:
* Folded in CAP_SYS_NICE check from Ruchi.
* Folded in fix misplaced PR_SET_TIMERSLACK_PID case fix from
Micha.
* Folded in make PR_SET_TIMERSLACK_PID pid namespace aware fix
from Micha.
* Changed PR_SET_TIMERSLACK_PID so it didn't collide with
already upstream prctrl values.
* Reworked commit message.
* Moved from CAP_SYS_NICE to PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH for permissions
checks]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Bug: None
Patchset: pr-set-timerslack-pid
Signed-off-by: Mattias Nissler <mnissler@google.com>
Change-Id: I75f2f8166180f499c83d2b9aee9e50885f318bd9
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