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Revision 2d4407079c604d70809ab424f79107770e28e80d authored by Linus Torvalds on 02 July 2015, 17:30:48 UTC, committed by Linus Torvalds on 02 July 2015, 17:30:48 UTC
Pull module_init replacement part one from Paul Gortmaker:
 "Replace module_init with equivalent device_initcall in non modules.

  This series of commits converts non-modular code that is using the
  module_init() call to hook itself into the system to instead use
  device_initcall().

  The conversion is a runtime no-op, since module_init actually becomes
  __initcall in the non-modular case, and that in turn gets mapped onto
  device_initcall.  A couple files show a larger negative diffstat,
  representing ones that had a module_exit function that we remove here
  vs previously relying on the linker to dispose of it.

  We make this conversion now, so that we can relocate module_init from
  init.h into module.h in the future.

  The files changed here are just limited to those that would otherwise
  have to add module.h to obviously non-modular code, in order to avoid
  a compile fail, as testing has shown"

* tag 'module_init-device_initcall-v4.1-rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux:
  MIPS: don't use module_init in non-modular cobalt/mtd.c file
  drivers/leds: don't use module_init in non-modular leds-cobalt-raq.c
  cris: don't use module_init for non-modular core eeprom.c code
  tty/metag_da: Avoid module_init/module_exit in non-modular code
  drivers/clk: don't use module_init in clk-nomadik.c which is non-modular
  xtensa: don't use module_init for non-modular core network.c code
  sh: don't use module_init in non-modular psw.c code
  mn10300: don't use module_init in non-modular flash.c code
  parisc64: don't use module_init for non-modular core perf code
  parisc: don't use module_init for non-modular core pdc_cons code
  cris: don't use module_init for non-modular core intmem.c code
  ia64: don't use module_init in non-modular sim/simscsi.c code
  ia64: don't use module_init for non-modular core kernel/mca.c code
  arm: don't use module_init in non-modular mach-vexpress/spc.c code
  powerpc: don't use module_init in non-modular 83xx suspend code
  powerpc: use device_initcall for registering rtc devices
  x86: don't use module_init in non-modular devicetree.c code
  x86: don't use module_init in non-modular intel_mid_vrtc.c
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Tip revision: 2d4407079c604d70809ab424f79107770e28e80d authored by Linus Torvalds on 02 July 2015, 17:30:48 UTC
Merge tag 'module_init-device_initcall-v4.1-rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux
Tip revision: 2d44070
Kconfig.preempt

choice
	prompt "Preemption Model"
	default PREEMPT_NONE

config PREEMPT_NONE
	bool "No Forced Preemption (Server)"
	help
	  This is the traditional Linux preemption model, geared towards
	  throughput. It will still provide good latencies most of the
	  time, but there are no guarantees and occasional longer delays
	  are possible.

	  Select this option if you are building a kernel for a server or
	  scientific/computation system, or if you want to maximize the
	  raw processing power of the kernel, irrespective of scheduling
	  latencies.

config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
	bool "Voluntary Kernel Preemption (Desktop)"
	help
	  This option reduces the latency of the kernel by adding more
	  "explicit preemption points" to the kernel code. These new
	  preemption points have been selected to reduce the maximum
	  latency of rescheduling, providing faster application reactions,
	  at the cost of slightly lower throughput.

	  This allows reaction to interactive events by allowing a
	  low priority process to voluntarily preempt itself even if it
	  is in kernel mode executing a system call. This allows
	  applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the system is
	  under load.

	  Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop system.

config PREEMPT
	bool "Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)"
	select PREEMPT_COUNT
	select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK if !ARCH_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
	help
	  This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making
	  all kernel code (that is not executing in a critical section)
	  preemptible.  This allows reaction to interactive events by
	  permitting a low priority process to be preempted involuntarily
	  even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call and would
	  otherwise not be about to reach a natural preemption point.
	  This allows applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the
	  system is under load, at the cost of slightly lower throughput
	  and a slight runtime overhead to kernel code.

	  Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop or
	  embedded system with latency requirements in the milliseconds
	  range.

endchoice

config PREEMPT_COUNT
       bool
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