timers: /proc/sys sysctl hook to enable timer migration

* Arun R Bharadwaj <arun@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [2009-04-16 12:11:36]: This patch creates the /proc/sys sysctl interface at /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration Timer migration is enabled by default. To disable timer migration, when CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG = y, echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration Signed-off-by: Arun R Bharadwaj <arun@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
mariux64 · May 13, 2009 · cd1bb94 · cd1bb94
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diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1766,6 +1766,7 @@ extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_child_runs_first;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_features;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_migration_cost;
 extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate;
+extern unsigned int sysctl_timer_migration;
 
 int sched_nr_latency_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length,

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -8731,6 +8731,8 @@ void __init sched_init_smp(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
+const_debug unsigned int sysctl_timer_migration = 1;
+
 int in_sched_functions(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	return in_lock_functions(addr) ||

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -324,6 +324,14 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "timer_migration",
+		.data		= &sysctl_timer_migration,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
 #endif
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,