Should we be using CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL in the Fedora kernel?

[Jon Masters]

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 15:10 -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Jon Masters wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 15:01 -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> >> I get the feeling that some of the bugs we are seeing is because
> >> we have enabled CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL. I remember looking at the
> >> code when it came out and thinking it was too scary to enable,
> >> so I never did in my own vanilla kernels.
> > 
> > Well, it's likely to remain around upstream so surely it's better to fix
> > bugs and feed them back upstream than ignore this, it'll just be painful
> > later on IMO :-)
> > 
> 
> Well yeah, but it's optional. We don't enable CONFIG_PREEMPT and that's
> been there for a long time...

I'd enable CONFIG_PREEMPT myself...but that's me :-)

Jon.