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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2012-10-14 14:28:50 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2012-10-16 10:05:27 +0200
commit8ed92e51f99c2199c64cb33b4ba95ab12940a94c (patch)
treeb7d067cc9db5379a0107e97a6b4dfe64afead461
parentsched: Update sched_domains_numa_masks[][] when new cpus are onlined (diff)
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sched: Add WAKEUP_PREEMPTION feature flag, on by default
As per the recent discussion with Mike and Linus, make it easier to test with/without this feature. No change in default behavior. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-izoxq4haeg4mTognnDbwcevt@git.kernel.org
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/fair.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/features.h5
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 6b800a14b990..f936552b3db1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2907,7 +2907,7 @@ static void check_preempt_wakeup(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int wake_
* Batch and idle tasks do not preempt non-idle tasks (their preemption
* is driven by the tick):
*/
- if (unlikely(p->policy != SCHED_NORMAL))
+ if (unlikely(p->policy != SCHED_NORMAL) || !sched_feat(WAKEUP_PREEMPTION))
return;
find_matching_se(&se, &pse);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/features.h b/kernel/sched/features.h
index eebefcad7027..e68e69ab917d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ SCHED_FEAT(LAST_BUDDY, true)
SCHED_FEAT(CACHE_HOT_BUDDY, true)
/*
+ * Allow wakeup-time preemption of the current task:
+ */
+SCHED_FEAT(WAKEUP_PREEMPTION, true)
+
+/*
* Use arch dependent cpu power functions
*/
SCHED_FEAT(ARCH_POWER, true)