The cond_resched() can be used to yield the CPU resource if
CONFIG_PREEMPT is not defined. Otherwise, cond_resched() is a dummy
function. In order to avoid kernel thread occupying entire CPU,
when CONFIG_PREEMPT=y, the kernel thread needs to follow the
rescheduling mechanism like a user thread.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Chen <vincentc@andestech.com>
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@sifive.com>