Re: [PATCH 09/11] Maintain preemptability count even for!CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Nov 02 2009 - 04:25:06 EST



* Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Do not preempt kernel. Just maintain counter to know if task can sleep.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/hardirq.h | 6 ++----
> include/linux/preempt.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
> kernel/sched.c | 6 ------
> lib/kernel_lock.c | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Lack of explanation in the changelog and lack of Cc:s.

This whole patch-set should be Cc:-ed to a lot more people, and the acks
of various maintainers are needed before it can be applied.

Ingo
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