X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=kernel%2FKconfig.preempt;h=bf987b95b3560fbd0a7d8a820335100a55e1d105;hb=ea635c64e007061f6468ece5cc9cc62d41d4ecf2;hp=0b46a5dff4c047c72f9d062484124bd3261cf1a3;hpb=f8cbd99bd3a023db8d6356d19a5f6f539d367327;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt index 0b46a5d..bf987b9 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 +52,3 @@ config PREEMPT endchoice -config PREEMPT_BKL - bool "Preempt The Big Kernel Lock" - depends on SMP || 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. -