Re: [PATCH rcu 3/4] arch: Select new NEED_TASKS_RCU Kconfig option

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 16:26:26 -0800
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently, if a Kconfig option depends on TASKS_RCU, it conditionally does
> "select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION".  This works, but requires any change in
> this enablement logic to be replicated across all such "select" clauses.
> A new NEED_TASKS_RCU Kconfig option has been created to allow this
> enablement logic to be in one place in kernel/rcu/Kconfig.
> 
> Therefore, select the new NEED_TASKS_RCU Kconfig option instead of the
> old TASKS_RCU option.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve

> ---
>  arch/Kconfig | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index c91917b508736..154f994547632 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ config KPROBES
>  	depends on MODULES
>  	depends on HAVE_KPROBES
>  	select KALLSYMS
> -	select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
> +	select NEED_TASKS_RCU
>  	help
>  	  Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
>  	  execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ config STATIC_CALL_SELFTEST
>  config OPTPROBES
>  	def_bool y
>  	depends on KPROBES && HAVE_OPTPROBES
> -	select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
> +	select NEED_TASKS_RCU
>  
>  config KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
>  	def_bool y