Re: [PATCH] sched/features: Expand the space of sched features

[Ingo Molnar]

* Cruz Zhao <CruzZhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> With the increase of sched features, the available space decreases
> gradually. In order to prevent features overflow, this patch expands
> the space of sched features from 32 to 64.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cruz Zhao <CruzZhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/sched/core.c  | 2 +-
>  kernel/sched/sched.h | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 1899990..afe76fb 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
>   */
>  #define SCHED_FEAT(name, enabled)	\
>  	(1UL << __SCHED_FEAT_##name) * enabled |
> -const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_features =
> +const_debug u64 sysctl_sched_features =


Have you run into this? We have 27 features listed, so this shouldn't be 
happening right now - and this patch just bloats the word for no good 
reason.

Also, doesn't it generate a build warning/error in that case?

Thanks,

	Ingo