Re: [PATCH 3/6] sched: Simplify sched_info_on()

[Johannes Weiner]

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 12:59:43PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> The situation around sched_info is somewhat complicated, it is used by
> sched_stats and delayacct and, indirectly, kvm.
> 
> If SCHEDSTATS=Y (but disabled by default) sched_info_on() is
> unconditionally true -- this is the case for all distro kernel configs
> I checked.
> 
> If for some reason SCHEDSTATS=N, but TASK_DELAY_ACCT=Y, then
> sched_info_on() can return false when delayacct is disabled,
> presumably because there would be no other users left; except kvm is.
> 
> Instead of complicating matters further by accurately accounting
> sched_stat and kvm state, simply unconditionally enable when
> SCHED_INFO=Y, matching the common distro case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>