From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: frederic@kernel.org, jstultz@google.com, juri.lelli@redhat.com,
meted@linux.ibm.com, mingo@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org,
ruanjinjie@huawei.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
vincent.guittot@linaro.org, vschneid@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: dynamic: Simplify PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 17:45:17 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8d407e07-6c7d-49db-947f-e7ba6a30f6d6@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803191731.3244294-1-mark.rutland@arm.com>
On 8/4/26 12:47 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> All architectures which currently suppoort PREEMPT_DYNAMIC select
> ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY. On architectures which select
> ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY, it has not been possible to select the NONE and
> VOLUNTARY preemption models since v7.0 due to commit:
>
> 7dadeaa6e851 ("sched: Further restrict the preemption modes")
>
> Hence in practice PREEMPT_DYNAMIC no longer supports the NONE or
> VOLUNTARY preemption models.
>
> This series makes the de-facto situation official by making
> PREEMPT_DYNAMIC depend on ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY, and removing redundant
> code.
>
> Since v1, I've had to rebase atop v7.2-rc4 to avoid a conflict with
> commit:
>
> a2c02aa0c6ca ("powerpc: Remove dead non-preemption code")
>
> Given this is now late in the cycle, and given the tip:sched/core branch
> is based on v7.2-rc1, I suspect tip folk might not want to queue this
> now. Please let me know what you'd prefer; I'm happy to rebase and
> resend after v7.3-rc1.
>
> Since v1:
> * Rebase to v7.2-rc4
> * Apply Revied-by tags.
> * Fix typos in commit messages.
> * Add patch to cleanup accessors (per Shrikanth's comment)
>
> Mark.
>
I have tested with and without PREEMPT_DYNAMIC for lazy/full.
I haven't observed anything odd.
For the series,
Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
> Mark Rutland (6):
> sched: dynamic: Make PREEMPT_DYNAMIC depend on ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY
> sched: dynamic: Simplify {cond,might}_resched()
> sched: dynamic: Simplify preempt_schedule{,_notrace}()
> sched: dynamic: Simplify irqentry_exit_cond_resched()
> sched: dynamic: Remove HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_{CALL,KEY}
> sched: dynamic: Simplify preempt model accessors
>
> arch/Kconfig | 38 -------
> arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 -
> arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h | 10 --
> arch/loongarch/Kconfig | 1 -
> arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 -
> arch/riscv/Kconfig | 1 -
> arch/s390/Kconfig | 1 -
> arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h | 11 --
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 -
> arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h | 28 -----
> include/asm-generic/preempt.h | 10 --
> include/linux/irq-entry-common.h | 17 +--
> include/linux/kernel.h | 20 ----
> include/linux/preempt.h | 20 ++--
> include/linux/sched.h | 31 +-----
> kernel/Kconfig.preempt | 9 +-
> kernel/entry/common.c | 17 +--
> kernel/sched/core.c | 180 +------------------------------
> 18 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 374 deletions(-)
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 12:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 19:17 Mark Rutland
2026-08-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] sched: dynamic: Make PREEMPT_DYNAMIC depend on ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY Mark Rutland
2026-08-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] sched: dynamic: Simplify {cond,might}_resched() Mark Rutland
2026-08-05 10:08 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-08-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] sched: dynamic: Simplify preempt_schedule{,_notrace}() Mark Rutland
2026-08-06 13:23 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-08-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] sched: dynamic: Simplify irqentry_exit_cond_resched() Mark Rutland
2026-08-07 1:35 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-08-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] sched: dynamic: Remove HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_{CALL,KEY} Mark Rutland
2026-08-07 1:54 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-08-03 19:17 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] sched: dynamic: Simplify preempt model accessors Mark Rutland
2026-08-07 2:00 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-08-05 9:52 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] sched: dynamic: Simplify PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mete Durlu
2026-08-06 12:15 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2026-08-07 3:11 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-08-07 3:33 ` Jinjie Ruan
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