linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] sched/preempt: Prepare for supporting !CONFIG_GENERIC

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Date:   Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:10:10 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] sched/preempt: Prepare for supporting
 !CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY dynamic preemption

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 01:32:34AM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> There is no need to force dynamic preemption to depend on the generic
> entry code. The latter is convenient but not mandatory. An architecture
> that doesn't support it just need to provide a static call on its
> kernel IRQ exit preemption path.

True; but at the same time ARM64 is also moving to generic entry. Mark?