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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2005-06-25 14:57:36 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-06-25 16:24:45 -0700
commitcc19ca86a023fcd552c78e77a7be6ce271f92a28 (patch)
treeb4e9c9b02b73105d363070c49a765208b99cee1a /kernel
parent7f1867a5b3dc3034cbea403b229d65eed4a7f62e (diff)
[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>
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+
+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.
+ This allows applications to run more reliably even when the system is
+ under load.
+
+ 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.
+