linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2][RFC] Makes sd->flags sysctl writable

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Message-ID: <20200706200049.GB5523@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Mon, 6 Jul 2020 22:00:49 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
Cc:     Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2][RFC] Makes sd->flags sysctl writable

On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 03:36:13AM +0800, Chen Yu wrote:
> It was found that recently the flags of sched domain could
> not be customized via sysctl, which might make it a little
> inconenient for performance tuning/debugging.

What specific goals do you have? This is a debug interface.