On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 7:14 AM Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Please pull the latest core/rcu git tree from:
>
> RCU changes for v5.10:
>
> - Debugging for smp_call_function()
> - RT raw/non-raw lock ordering fixes
> - Strict grace periods for KASAN
> - New smp_call_function() torture test
> - Torture-test updates
> - Documentation updates
> - Miscellaneous fixes
I am *very* unhappy with this pull request.
It doesn't even mention the big removal of CONFIR_PREEMPT, that I felt
was still under discussion.
I don't absolutely hate that code, and I'm willing to be convinced
about how little it matter for people who don't want to have the
counting overhead, but I refuse to pull it as some secret hidden thing
that isn't even mentioned in the pull request.
Honestly, I did not get any strong arguments for why making the
preempt count unconditional was such an important thing.
Yes, Thomas pointed me at a couple of uses that were garbage, but even
the people involved in those seemed to agree they were legacy garbage.
So why was this preempt-count thing then pushed through like this?
Linus
