Re: [PATCH 6/7] sched/rt: make it configurable

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue May 30 2017 - 04:41:38 EST


On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 05:03:01PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

> @@ -1303,8 +1303,17 @@ config SCHED_AUTOGROUP
> desktop applications. Task group autogeneration is currently based
> upon task session.
>
> +config SCHED_RT
> + bool "Real Time Task Scheduling" if EXPERT
> + default y
> + help
> + This adds the sched_rt scheduling class to the kernel providing
> + support for the SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR policies. You might want
> + to disable this to reduce the kernel size. If unsure say y.
> +
> config SCHED_DL
> bool "Deadline Task Scheduling" if EXPERT
> + depends on SCHED_RT
> default y
> help
> This adds the sched_dl scheduling class to the kernel providing
> @@ -1632,6 +1641,7 @@ config BASE_FULL
> config FUTEX
> bool "Enable futex support" if EXPERT
> default y
> + depends on SCHED_RT
> select RT_MUTEXES
> help
> Disabling this option will cause the kernel to be built without

Aside from all the other completely non-starter #ifdeffery trainwrecks,
this is just plain wrong.