X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=kernel%2FKconfig.preempt;h=0669b70fa6a3af35c4c67599575a8c2a12154fa4;hb=fa0ccd837e3dddb44c7db2f128a8bb7e4eabc21a;hp=0b46a5dff4c047c72f9d062484124bd3261cf1a3;hpb=2fca877b68b2b4fc5b94277858a1bedd46017cde;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt index 0b46a5dff4c..0669b70fa6a 100644 --- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY "explicit preemption points" to the kernel code. These new preemption points have been selected to reduce the maximum latency of rescheduling, providing faster application reactions, - at the cost of slighly lower throughput. + at the cost of slightly lower throughput. This allows reaction to interactive events by allowing a low priority process to voluntarily preempt itself even if it @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config PREEMPT even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call and would otherwise not be about to reach a natural preemption point. This allows applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the - system is under load, at the cost of slighly lower throughput + system is under load, at the cost of slightly lower throughput and a slight runtime overhead to kernel code. Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop or @@ -52,14 +52,13 @@ config PREEMPT endchoice -config PREEMPT_BKL - bool "Preempt The Big Kernel Lock" - depends on SMP || PREEMPT +config RCU_TRACE + bool "Enable tracing for RCU - currently stats in debugfs" + select DEBUG_FS default y help - This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making the - big kernel lock preemptible. + This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats + in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation. - Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop system. + Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing Say N if you are unsure. -