sched: add /proc/sys/kernel/sched_compat_yield

add /proc/sys/kernel/sched_compat_yield to make sys_sched_yield()
more agressive, by moving the yielding task to the last position
in the rbtree.

with sched_compat_yield=0:

   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
  2539 mingo     20   0  1576  252  204 R   50  0.0   0:02.03 loop_yield
  2541 mingo     20   0  1576  244  196 R   50  0.0   0:02.05 loop

with sched_compat_yield=1:

   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
  2584 mingo     20   0  1576  248  196 R   99  0.0   0:52.45 loop
  2582 mingo     20   0  1576  256  204 R    0  0.0   0:00.00 loop_yield

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
This commit is contained in:
Ingo Molnar
2007-09-19 23:34:46 +02:00
parent a88a8eff1e
commit 1799e35d5b
4 changed files with 67 additions and 10 deletions
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@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
},
#endif
{
.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
.procname = "sched_compat_yield",
.data = &sysctl_sched_compat_yield,
.maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
},
#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
{
.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,