Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] sched: preempt: Move dynamic keys into kernel/sched

[Shrikanth Hegde]

On 7/16/25 15:17, 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 currently spread across entry/common.c, arm64 and latest being
> powerpc. There is little arch specific to it. arm64, powerpc have the
> same code. 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.
>
> Suggested-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   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/irq-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

Hi Ingo, Peter.

Does this change makes sense? Are there any further concerns that you see?
Also can it go via tip tree?

Patch applies on 6.17-rc1 (at commit ca76508b9352e8c770b58213cc6c4700e459b7c2)