[PATCH 1/1] sched: preempt: Move dynamic keys into kernel/sched
Will Deacon
will at kernel.org
Fri Jul 11 07:56:38 PDT 2025
On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 01:23:44PM +0530, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
> Dynamic preemption can be static key or static call based.
> Static key is used to check kernel preemption depending on
> the current preemption model. i.e enable for lazy, full.
>
> Code is spread currently across entry/common.c, arm64 and latest being
> powerpc. There is little arch specific to it. For example, arm64,
> powerpc does the same thing. It is better to move it into kernel/sched
> since preemption is more closely associated with scheduler.
>
> Plus, Any new arch that wants dynamic preemption enabled need to have
> only HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_KEY.
>
> This is more of code movement. No functional change.
>
> Suggested-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy at linutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h | 1 -
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c | 8 --------
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/preempt.h | 16 ----------------
> arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c | 4 ----
> include/linux/entry-common.h | 1 -
> include/linux/sched.h | 8 ++++++++
> kernel/entry/common.c | 1 -
> kernel/sched/core.c | 4 ++++
> 8 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/preempt.h
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Will
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