linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 7/7] Introduce a config option for scheduler time slice extension feature

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Message-ID: <87a55omh6q.ffs@tglx>
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:46:53 +0200
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To: Prakash Sangappa <prakash.sangappa@...cle.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
 mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
 kprateek.nayak@....com, vineethr@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 7/7] Introduce a config option for scheduler time
 slice extension feature

On Tue, Jul 01 2025 at 00:37, Prakash Sangappa wrote:
> Add a config option to enable schedule time slice extension.

This is so backwards that it's not even funny anymore.

> +config SCHED_PREEMPT_DELAY
> +	def_bool y
> +	depends on SMP && RSEQ

and hilariously fails to include a SCHED_HRTICK dependency.

Impressive....