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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
Ingo Molnar 12 years ago
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2 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
  1. 1 1
      kernel/sched/fair.c
  2. 5 0
      kernel/sched/features.h

+ 1 - 1
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);

+ 5 - 0
kernel/sched/features.h

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ 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
  */