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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/Kconfig.preempt')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Kconfig.preempt | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt index 0b46a5dff4c0..c64ce9c14207 100644 --- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt | |||
| @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY | |||
| 23 | "explicit preemption points" to the kernel code. These new | 23 | "explicit preemption points" to the kernel code. These new |
| 24 | preemption points have been selected to reduce the maximum | 24 | preemption points have been selected to reduce the maximum |
| 25 | latency of rescheduling, providing faster application reactions, | 25 | latency of rescheduling, providing faster application reactions, |
| 26 | at the cost of slighly lower throughput. | 26 | at the cost of slightly lower throughput. |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | This allows reaction to interactive events by allowing a | 28 | This allows reaction to interactive events by allowing a |
| 29 | low priority process to voluntarily preempt itself even if it | 29 | low priority process to voluntarily preempt itself even if it |
| @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config PREEMPT | |||
| 43 | even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call and would | 43 | even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call and would |
| 44 | otherwise not be about to reach a natural preemption point. | 44 | otherwise not be about to reach a natural preemption point. |
| 45 | This allows applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the | 45 | This allows applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the |
| 46 | system is under load, at the cost of slighly lower throughput | 46 | system is under load, at the cost of slightly lower throughput |
| 47 | and a slight runtime overhead to kernel code. | 47 | and a slight runtime overhead to kernel code. |
| 48 | 48 | ||
| 49 | Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop or | 49 | Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop or |
