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From: Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net>
To: trivial@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>,
Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>,
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>,
Paul Menage <menage@google.com>, Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>,
Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 2/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - TASKSTATS
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:49:56 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080222-114832-init-kconfig-2@tull.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080219140609.GA26619@tull.net>
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency.
Kernel config options affected:
- TASKSTATS
- TASK_DELAY_ACCT
- TASK_XACCT
- TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net>
---
Try #3.
--- a/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:34:48.000000000 +1100
+++ b/init/Kconfig 2008-02-20 09:35:28.000000000 +1100
@@ -177,42 +177,52 @@ config TASKSTATS
depends on NET
default n
help
- Export selected statistics for tasks/processes through the
- generic netlink interface. Unlike BSD process accounting, the
- statistics are available during the lifetime of tasks/processes as
- responses to commands. Like BSD accounting, they are sent to user
- space on task exit.
+ Taskstats is a netlink-based interface for sending per-task
+ and per-process statistics from the kernel to userspace.
- Say N if unsure.
+ Unlike BSD process accounting, the statistics are available
+ during the lifetime of tasks/processes as responses to
+ commands. Like BSD accounting, they are sent to user space on
+ task exit.
+
+ Netlink is a type of network socket used to transfer data
+ between the kernel and user space. For more information on
+ Netlink see <http://qos.ittc.ku.edu/netlink/html/index.html>
+
+ See <file:Documentation/accounting/taskstats.txt> for more
+ information on taskstats.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
config TASK_DELAY_ACCT
bool "Enable per-task delay accounting (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on TASKSTATS
help
- Collect information on time spent by a task waiting for system
- resources like cpu, synchronous block I/O completion and swapping
- in pages. Such statistics can help in setting a task's priorities
- relative to other tasks for cpu, io, rss limits etc.
+ Also collect information on time spent by a task waiting for
+ system resources like CPU, synchronous block I/O completion and
+ swapping in pages. Such statistics can help in setting a task's
+ priorities relative to other tasks for CPU, I/O, RSS limits etc.
- Say N if unsure.
+ If unsure, say N.
config TASK_XACCT
bool "Enable extended accounting over taskstats (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on TASKSTATS
help
- Collect extended task accounting data and send the data
- to userland for processing over the taskstats interface.
+ Also collect extended task accounting data and send
+ the data to userland for processing over the taskstats
+ interface.
- Say N if unsure.
+ If unsure, say N.
config TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
bool "Enable per-task storage I/O accounting (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on TASK_XACCT
help
- Collect information on the number of bytes of storage I/O which this
- task has caused.
+ Also collect information on the number of bytes of storage
+ I/O which this task has caused.
- Say N if unsure.
+ If unsure, say N.
config AUDIT
bool "Auditing support"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-22 0:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-19 14:06 Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 0/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:09 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 1/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:11 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 2/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:33 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 3/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:42 ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-02-19 15:10 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:16 ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-02-19 15:50 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-02-19 16:44 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-02-19 22:41 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 12:19 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] config: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - namespaces Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 12:23 ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-02-20 13:01 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 13:07 ` Pavel Emelyanov
2008-02-20 16:50 ` serge
2008-02-20 23:10 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:38 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 4/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 3:42 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2008-02-20 22:17 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 14:53 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 5/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 20:17 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-02-19 15:12 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:39 ` Paul Jackson
2008-02-20 12:41 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 16:43 ` Paul Jackson
2008-02-20 2:04 ` Paul Menage
2008-02-20 2:54 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 3:12 ` Paul Menage
2008-02-20 16:55 ` serge
2008-02-20 21:31 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:15 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 7/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:21 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 8/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-19 15:27 ` Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 9/9] Nick Andrew
2008-02-20 22:33 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 1/9] init: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions part 1 Nick Andrew
[not found] ` <200802220014.m1M0Dh5r022354@rgminet03.oracle.com>
2008-02-22 0:19 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 5/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - IKCONFIG etc Randy Dunlap
2008-02-22 0:48 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 1/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions part 1 Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:49 ` Nick Andrew [this message]
2008-02-22 0:51 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - NAMESPACES Nick Andrew
2008-02-27 23:00 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-27 23:08 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-02-22 0:52 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 4/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - AUDIT Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:54 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 5/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - IKCONFIG etc Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:55 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 6/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - CGROUPS Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:56 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 7/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - EMBEDDED etc Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:58 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 8/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - SLAB Nick Andrew
2008-02-22 0:59 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 9/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - MODULES Nick Andrew
[not found] ` <200802220010.m1M0Arr7024044@vzorg.swsoft.net>
2008-02-22 8:14 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 3/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - NAMESPACES Pavel Emelyanov
[not found] ` <200802220010.m1M0Auqn024414@e5.ny.us.ibm.com>
2008-02-22 22:14 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-02-23 1:12 ` Nick Andrew
2008-02-23 3:45 ` Serge E. Hallyn
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