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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2021-06-28 21:55:16 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2021-06-28 22:43:05 +0200
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sched/core: Disable CONFIG_SCHED_CORE by default
This option at minimum adds extra code to the scheduler - even if it's default unused - and most users wouldn't want it. Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
index bd7c4147b9a8..5876e30c5740 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ config PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
config SCHED_CORE
bool "Core Scheduling for SMT"
- default y
depends on SCHED_SMT
help
This option permits Core Scheduling, a means of coordinated task
@@ -115,7 +114,8 @@ config SCHED_CORE
- mitigation of some (not all) SMT side channels;
- limiting SMT interference to improve determinism and/or performance.
- SCHED_CORE is default enabled when SCHED_SMT is enabled -- when
- unused there should be no impact on performance.
+ SCHED_CORE is default disabled. When it is enabled and unused,
+ which is the likely usage by Linux distributions, there should
+ be no measurable impact on performance.