sched: introduce SCHED_FEAT_SYNC_WAKEUPS, turn it off

turn off sync wakeups by default. They are not needed anymore - the
buddy logic should be smart enough to keep the system from
overscheduling.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index d8456a9ac9af..263e25e10204 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ enum {
         SCHED_FEAT_START_DEBIT          = 4,
         SCHED_FEAT_HRTICK               = 8,
         SCHED_FEAT_DOUBLE_TICK          = 16,
+        SCHED_FEAT_SYNC_WAKEUPS         = 32,
 };
 
 const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_features =
@@ -634,7 +635,8 @@ const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_features =
                 SCHED_FEAT_WAKEUP_PREEMPT       * 1 |
                 SCHED_FEAT_START_DEBIT          * 1 |
                 SCHED_FEAT_HRTICK               * 1 |
-                SCHED_FEAT_DOUBLE_TICK          * 0;
+                SCHED_FEAT_DOUBLE_TICK          * 0 |
+                SCHED_FEAT_SYNC_WAKEUPS         * 0;
 
 #define sched_feat(x) (sysctl_sched_features & SCHED_FEAT_##x)
 
@@ -1916,6 +1918,9 @@ static int try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int sync)
         long old_state;
         struct rq *rq;
 
+        if (!sched_feat(SYNC_WAKEUPS))
+                sync = 0;
+
         smp_wmb();
         rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
         old_state = p->state;