> would it be possible to turn on/off CONFIG_PREEMPT at runtime, eg. via
> sysctl ?
Sure, make a sysctl and check it in preempt_schedule() and
ret_from_kernel in entry.S before invoking schedule().
But that is not pretty, and I do not think it should go in mainline.
Linus has said as much, too.
Robert Love
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