linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched/nohz: add debugfs control over sched_tick_max

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Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:45:32 -0700
From:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH] sched/nohz: add debugfs control over sched_tick_max_deferment

From: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>

Allow debugfs override of sched_tick_max_deferment in order to ease
finding/fixing the remaining issues with full nohz.

The value to be written is in jiffies, and -1 means the max deferment
is disabled (scheduler_tick_max_deferment() returns KTIME_MAX.)

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index bc1638b33449..dee044a5d447 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2514,6 +2514,8 @@ void scheduler_tick(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+static u32 sched_tick_max_deferment = HZ;
+
 /**
  * scheduler_tick_max_deferment
  *
@@ -2532,13 +2534,25 @@ u64 scheduler_tick_max_deferment(void)
 	struct rq *rq = this_rq();
 	unsigned long next, now = ACCESS_ONCE(jiffies);
 
-	next = rq->last_sched_tick + HZ;
+	if (sched_tick_max_deferment == -1)
+		return KTIME_MAX;
+
+	next = rq->last_sched_tick + sched_tick_max_deferment;
 
 	if (time_before_eq(next, now))
 		return 0;
 
 	return jiffies_to_nsecs(next - now);
 }
+
+static __init int sched_nohz_full_init_debug(void)
+{
+	debugfs_create_u32("sched_tick_max_deferment", 0644, NULL,
+			   &sched_tick_max_deferment);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(sched_nohz_full_init_debug);
 #endif
 
 notrace unsigned long get_parent_ip(unsigned long addr)
-- 
2.1.0

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