On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 5:12 PM Andrew Lutomirski <l...@mit.edu> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 1:29 PM Justin Forbes <jmfor...@linuxtx.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 11:25 AM Vitaly Zaitsev via devel
> > <devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 25.04.2021 20:39, Artem Tim wrote:
> > > > Please provide full PREEMPT mode by default in 5.12 kernel for desktop 
> > > > variants. With 5.12 it is possible for user to change it without 
> > > > efforts if they need this.
> > >
> > > +1 for this. Significantly reduces X11 input lag in full-screen games.
> > >
> >
> > From a kernel standpoint, I do not think turning on CONFIG_PREEMPT is
> > desired. That sets the *default* to PREEMPT, and changes the current
> > situation. I plan to keep CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY as the default.
>
> I'm curious: why do you prefer voluntary as the default instead of full 
> preempt?
>
> > The
> > code introduced is odd, in that you can choose other options (none,
> > voluntary, full) based on that starting point, but it doesn't allow
> > you to default to anything else and keep CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC on to
> > choose more preemption than the default.
>
> I've pinged the right people.  I'll try to make this happen.

Any update on this?

Thanks,
Justin
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