[PATCH v2 4/5] kscan: Use preemption model accessors

[Marco Elver]

On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 at 10:11, Marco Elver <elver at google.com> wrote:
>
> Subject s/kscan/kcsan/
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 08:24PM +0000, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> > Per PREEMPT_DYNAMIC, checking CONFIG_PREEMPT doesn't tell you the actual
> > preemption model of the live kernel. Use the newly-introduced accessors
> > instead.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider at arm.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Marco Elver <elver at google.com>
>
> Though it currently doesn't compile as a module due to missing
> EXPORT_SYMBOL of is_preempt*().
>
> > ---
> >  kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c
> > index dc55fd5a36fc..14d811eb9a21 100644
> > --- a/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c
> > +++ b/kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c
> > @@ -1005,13 +1005,13 @@ static const void *nthreads_gen_params(const void *prev, char *desc)
> >       else
> >               nthreads *= 2;
> >
> > -     if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT) || !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCSAN_INTERRUPT_WATCHER)) {
> > +     if (!is_preempt_full() || !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KCSAN_INTERRUPT_WATCHER)) {

In case you introduce the 5th helper I suggested
(is_preempt_full_or_rt() or whatever you'll call it), this one can be
switched, because this check really does want to know if "at least
full preemption" and not "precisely full preemption".

Thanks,
-- Marco