linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched/preempt: Tell about PREEMPT

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Date:   Wed,  2 Feb 2022 15:59:54 +0100
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] sched/preempt: Tell about PREEMPT_DYNAMIC on kernel headers

Displaying "PREEMPT" on kernel headers when CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC=y
can be misleading for anybody involved in remote debugging because it
is then not guaranteed that there is an actual preemption behaviour. It
depends on default Kconfig or boot defined choices.

Therefore, tell about PREEMPT_DYNAMIC on static kernel headers and leave
the search for the actual preemption behaviour to browsing dmesg.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
---
 init/Makefile       |  3 ++-
 scripts/mkcompile_h | 15 +++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/Makefile b/init/Makefile
index 06326e304384..d82623d7fc8e 100644
--- a/init/Makefile
+++ b/init/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ quiet_cmd_compile.h = CHK     $@
       cmd_compile.h = \
 	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkcompile_h $@	\
 	"$(UTS_MACHINE)" "$(CONFIG_SMP)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_BUILD)"	\
-	"$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)" "$(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT)" "$(LD)"
+	"$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)" \
+	"$(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT)" "$(LD)"
 
 include/generated/compile.h: FORCE
 	$(call cmd,compile.h)
diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index 6a2a04d92f42..f4d6ca3c6fd7 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ TARGET=$1
 ARCH=$2
 SMP=$3
 PREEMPT=$4
-PREEMPT_RT=$5
-CC_VERSION="$6"
-LD=$7
+PREEMPT_DYNAMIC=$5
+PREEMPT_RT=$6
+CC_VERSION="$7"
+LD=$8
 
 # Do not expand names
 set -f
@@ -41,7 +42,13 @@ fi
 UTS_VERSION="#$VERSION"
 CONFIG_FLAGS=""
 if [ -n "$SMP" ] ; then CONFIG_FLAGS="SMP"; fi
-if [ -n "$PREEMPT" ] ; then CONFIG_FLAGS="$CONFIG_FLAGS PREEMPT"; fi
+if [ -n "$PREEMPT" ] ; then
+	if [ -n "$PREEMPT_DYNAMIC" ] ; then
+		CONFIG_FLAGS="$CONFIG_FLAGS PREEMPT_DYNAMIC";
+	else
+		CONFIG_FLAGS="$CONFIG_FLAGS PREEMPT";
+	fi
+fi
 if [ -n "$PREEMPT_RT" ] ; then CONFIG_FLAGS="$CONFIG_FLAGS PREEMPT_RT"; fi
 
 # Truncate to maximum length
-- 
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