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author | Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> | 2012-10-07 12:26:13 -0400 |
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committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2012-10-23 17:54:07 -0400 |
commit | ba49df4767d4fa5bbd2af3a51709fb81f94264ec (patch) | |
tree | 5fe4594735aff61cb4b6b9f53885f35e3e05a415 /init | |
parent | 4d9a5d4319e22670ec6d6227e12b54f361c46d0f (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 6fdd6e339326..b63e7982c1c6 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig | |||
@@ -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 | ||