linux-kernel - Re: sched: Move SCHED

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Date:   Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:59:25 +0200
From:   Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:     peterz@...radead.org
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Subject: Re: sched: Move SCHED_DEBUG sysctl to debugfs

Peter,

I just realized that we moved away sysctl tunabled to debugfs in next.
We have seen several cases where it was benefitial to set
sched_migration_cost_ns to a lower value. For example with KVM I can
easily get 50% more transactions with 50000 instead of 500000. 
Until now it was possible to use tuned or /etc/sysctl.conf to set
these things permanently. 

Given that some people do not want to have debugfs mounted all the time
I would consider this a regression. The sysctl tunable was always 
available.

I am ok with the "informational" things being in debugfs, but not
the tunables. So how do we proceed here?

Christian