Re: [PATCH] disable PREEMPT_BKL per default

[Ingo Molnar]

* Olaf Hering <olh@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > Its disabled in our configs.
> > 
> > any particular reason for that? Eg are there any known or suspected
> > issues with this?
> 
> I have no idea. Maybe it was the general 'preempt isnt right' move.

that's not a reason to apply your patch that default-disables the 
feature on the upstream kernel. Distributors can pick whichever flavor 
they want. E.g. Fedora rawhide has PREEMPT_BKL enabled.

i'm fine with removing the .config option for 2.6.15.

	Ingo
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