linux-kernel - Re: [GIT RFC PULL rcu/urgent] Prevent Kconfig from asking pointless questions

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2015 08:54:13 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT RFC PULL rcu/urgent] Prevent Kconfig from asking pointless
 questions

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:50:27AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 08:01:22 -0700
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > Seem reasonable?
> > > 
> > > Does chrt override the kthread_prio at run time? If so, then great.
> > > Otherwise, the sysadmin should still have a way to control their
> > > priorities of kernel threads (with few exceptions like the migration
> > > thread).
> > 
> > Yep, RCU sets the prios only at boot time, so if they are set differently
> > at runtime, they should stay set differently.  Unless chrt refuses to
> > work on kthreads or something. ;-)
> 
> Great! This all sounds reasonable to me :-)

OK, will proceed as planned, then!

							Thanx, Paul

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