linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched: Further restrict the preemption modes

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Message-ID: <20260106114051.61248cfb@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 11:40:51 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: mingo@...nel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Sebastian
 Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
 vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com, bsegall@...gle.com,
 mgorman@...e.de, vschneid@...hat.com, clrkwllms@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rt-devel@...ts.linux.dev, Linus
 Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Further restrict the preemption modes

On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:15:02 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> --- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
> +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
> @@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ config ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY
>  
>  choice
>  	prompt "Preemption Model"
> +	default PREEMPT_LAZY if ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY
>  	default PREEMPT_NONE

I think you can just make this:

	default PREEMPT_LAZY

and remove the PREEMPT_NONE.

As PREEMPT_NONE now depends on ARCH_NO_PREEMPT and all the other options
depend on !ARCH_NO_PREEMPT, the default will be PREEMPT_LAZY if it's
available, but it will never be PREEMPT_NONE if it isn't unless
PREEMPT_NONE is the only option available.

I added default PREEMPT_LAZY and did a:

   $ mkdir /tmp/build
   $ make O=/tmp/build ARCH=alpha defconfig

And the result is:

CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE_BUILD=y
CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y

-- Steve


>  
>  config PREEMPT_NONE
>  	bool "No Forced Preemption (Server)"
>  	depends on !PREEMPT_RT
> +	depends on ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
>  	select PREEMPT_NONE_BUILD if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
>  	help
>  	  This is the traditional Linux preemption model, geared towards
> @@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ config PREEMPT_NONE
>  
>  config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
>  	bool "Voluntary Kernel Preemption (Desktop)"
> +	depends on !ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY
>  	depends on !ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
>  	depends on !PREEMPT_RT
>  	select PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BUILD if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC