[PATCH] consolidate PREEMPT options into kernel/Kconfig.preempt

This patch consolidates the CONFIG_PREEMPT and CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL
preemption options into kernel/Kconfig.preempt.  This, besides reducing
source-code, also enables more centralized tweaking of preemption related
options.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig
index cb27068bfcd4..5f40b438b584 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig
@@ -270,26 +270,7 @@ config SCHED_SMT
           when dealing with POWER5 cpus at a cost of slightly increased
           overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
 
-config PREEMPT
-        bool "Preemptible Kernel"
-        help
-          This option reduces the latency of the kernel when reacting to
-          real-time or interactive events by allowing a low priority process to
-          be preempted even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call.
-
-          Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop, embedded
-          or real-time system.  Say N if you are unsure.
-
-config PREEMPT_BKL
-        bool "Preempt The Big Kernel Lock"
-        depends on PREEMPT
-        default y
-        help
-          This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making the
-          big kernel lock preemptible.
-
-          Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop system.
-          Say N if you are unsure.
+source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
 
 config EEH
         bool "PCI Extended Error Handling (EEH)" if EMBEDDED