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    rcu: Set rcutree.kthread_prio sysfs access to read-only · 3ffe3d1a
    Liu Song authored
    The rcutree.kthread_prio kernel-boot parameter is used to set the
    priority for boost (rcub), per-CPU (rcuc), and grace-period (rcu_preempt
    or rcu_sched) kthreads.  It is also used by rcutorture to check whether
    it is possible to meaningfully test RCU priority boosting.  However,
    all of these cases will either ignore or be confused by any post-boot
    changes to rcutree.kthread_prio.
    
    Note that the user really can change the priorities of all of these
    kthreads using chrt, given sufficient privileges.  Therefore, the
    read-write nature of sysfs access to rcutree.kthread_prio is thus at
    best an attractive nuisance.
    
    This commit therefore changes sysfs access to rcutree.kthread_prio to
    be read-only.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLiu Song <liu.song11@zte.com.cn>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
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