linux-kernel - Re: Arches that don't support PREEMPT

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Message-ID: <20230919143816.1741760a@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:38:16 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>,
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        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
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        linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org,
        Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Arches that don't support PREEMPT

On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:31:50 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> The removal of cond_resched() might cause latencies, but then I doubt
> that these museus pieces are used for real work :)

We could simply leave the cond_resched() around but defined as nops for
everything but the "nostalgia club" to keep them from having any regressions.

-- Steve