X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=kernel%2FKconfig.preempt;h=c64ce9c14207644bfc07c5f2c729f5fe9b66c5b6;hb=856848737bd944c1db3ce0a66bbf67e56bd6f77d;hp=0b46a5dff4c047c72f9d062484124bd3261cf1a3;hpb=f7f24758ac98a506770bc5910d33567610fa3403;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt index 0b46a5dff4..c64ce9c142 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