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

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:34:08 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, x86@...nel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, luto@...nel.org, bp@...en8.de,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
        juri.lelli@...hat.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org, mgorman@...e.de,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, jon.grimm@....com, bharata@....com,
        raghavendra.kt@....com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        konrad.wilk@...cle.com, jgross@...e.com, andrew.cooper3@...rix.com,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org, Brian Cain <bcain@...cinc.com>,
        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

Hi Willy,

On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 3:01 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 02:30:59PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > Though it just occured to me that there are dragons lurking:
> >
> > arch/alpha/Kconfig:     select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
> > arch/hexagon/Kconfig:   select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
> > arch/m68k/Kconfig:      select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT if !COLDFIRE
> > arch/um/Kconfig:        select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
>
> Sounds like three-and-a-half architectures which could be queued up for
> removal right behind ia64 ...
>
> I suspect none of these architecture maintainers have any idea there's a
> problem.  Look at commit 87a4c375995e and the discussion in
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180724175646.3621-1-hch@lst.de/

These links don't really point out there is a grave problem?

> Let's cc those maintainers so they can remove this and fix whatever
> breaks.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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