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authorPaul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>2012-10-07 12:26:13 -0400
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2012-10-23 17:54:07 -0400
commitba49df4767d4fa5bbd2af3a51709fb81f94264ec (patch)
tree5fe4594735aff61cb4b6b9f53885f35e3e05a415
parent4d9a5d4319e22670ec6d6227e12b54f361c46d0f (diff)
rcu: Update RCU_FAST_NO_HZ help text
The RCU_FAST_NO_HZ help text included a warning about overhead on large systems, but that issue has since been resolved. The main remaining issue with RCU_FAST_NO_HZ is increased real-time latency. This commit therefore updates the help text accordingly. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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@@ -582,14 +582,13 @@ config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
582 depends on NO_HZ && SMP 582 depends on NO_HZ && SMP
583 default n 583 default n
584 help 584 help
585 This option causes RCU to attempt to accelerate grace periods 585 This option causes RCU to attempt to accelerate grace periods in
586 in order to allow CPUs to enter dynticks-idle state more 586 order to allow CPUs to enter dynticks-idle state more quickly.
587 quickly. On the other hand, this option increases the overhead 587 On the other hand, this option increases the overhead of the
588 of the dynticks-idle checking, particularly on systems with 588 dynticks-idle checking, thus degrading scheduling latency.
589 large numbers of CPUs. 589
590 590 Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, and you don't
591 Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, particularly 591 care about real-time response.
592 if you have relatively few CPUs.
593 592
594 Say N if you are unsure. 593 Say N if you are unsure.
595 594