linux-kernel - Re: sched: Move SCHED

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Date:   Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:47:41 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>, bristot@...hat.com,
        bsegall@...gle.com, dietmar.eggemann@....com, greg@...ah.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, joshdon@...gle.com,
        juri.lelli@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux@...musvillemoes.dk, mgorman@...e.de, mingo@...nel.org,
        valentin.schneider@....com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sched: Move SCHED_DEBUG sysctl to debugfs

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:09:26AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Or perhaps we should add a "tunefs" for tunables that are stable interfaces
> that should not be in /proc but also not in debugfs.

As said in that other email, I very emphatically do not want to do that.
I want to actively discourage people from 'tuning' and start to debug.