From: "Paul E. McKenney" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> --- init/Kconfig | 15 +++++++-------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 6fdd6e3..b63e798 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -582,14 +582,13 @@ config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ depends on NO_HZ && SMP default n help - This option causes RCU to attempt to accelerate grace periods - in order to allow CPUs to enter dynticks-idle state more - quickly. On the other hand, this option increases the overhead - of the dynticks-idle checking, particularly on systems with - large numbers of CPUs. - - Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, particularly - if you have relatively few CPUs. + This option causes RCU to attempt to accelerate grace periods in + order to allow CPUs to enter dynticks-idle state more quickly. + On the other hand, this option increases the overhead of the + dynticks-idle checking, thus degrading scheduling latency. + + Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, and you don't + care about real-time response. Say N if you are unsure. -- 1.7.8 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
