Re: Re-tune x86 uaccess code for PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Sat Aug 10 2013 - 00:44:05 EST


On 08/09/2013 04:04 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> This patch kit is an attempt to get us back to sane code,
> mostly by doing proper inlining and doing sleep checks in the right
> place. Unfortunately I had to add one tree sweep to avoid an nasty
> include loop.
>
> It costs a bit of text space, but I think it's worth it
> (if only to keep my blood pressure down while reading ftrace logs...)
>

Looks nice at first glance.

Now, here is a bigger question: shouldn't we be deprecating/getting rid
of PREEMPT_VOUNTARY in favor of PREEMPT?

-hpa


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