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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 6/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - CGROUPS Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:55:31 +1100 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20080222-114832-init-kconfig-6@tull.net> (raw) In-Reply-To: 20080219140609.GA26619@tull.net Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Kernel config options affected: - CGROUPS - CGROUP_DEBUG - CPUSETS - GROUP_SCHED - CGROUP_SCHED - CGROUP_CPUACCT - SYSFS_DEPRECATED - CGROUP_MEM_CONT - PROC_PID_CPUSET 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 2008-02-21 08:22:39.000000000 +1100 @@ -276,10 +276,17 @@ config LOG_BUF_SHIFT config CGROUPS bool "Control Group support" help - This option will let you use process cgroup subsystems - such as Cpusets + Control Groups enable processes to be grouped into "cgroups" + to facilitate tracking and resource management. For example + a cgroup can tie a set of processes to a set of CPUs using + "cpusets". - Say N if unsure. + See <file:Documentation/cgroups.txt> for more information. + + If you say Y here, you probably want to enable one or + more of the cgroup subsystem options below. + + If unsure, say N. config CGROUP_DEBUG bool "Example debug cgroup subsystem" @@ -287,9 +294,9 @@ config CGROUP_DEBUG help This option enables a simple cgroup subsystem that exports useful debugging information about the cgroups - framework + framework. - Say N if unsure + If unsure, say N. config CGROUP_NS bool "Namespace cgroup subsystem" @@ -304,19 +311,24 @@ config CPUSETS bool "Cpuset support" depends on SMP && CGROUPS help - This option will let you create and manage CPUSETs which + This option will let you create and manage "cpusets" which allow dynamically partitioning a system into sets of CPUs and Memory Nodes and assigning tasks to run only within those sets. + This is primarily useful on large SMP or NUMA systems. - Say N if unsure. + See <file:Documentation/cpusets.txt> for more information. + + If unsure, say N. config GROUP_SCHED bool "Group CPU scheduler" default y help - This feature lets CPU scheduler recognize task groups and control CPU - bandwidth allocation to such task groups. + This feature enables the CPU scheduler to recognize task groups + and control CPU bandwidth allocation to such task groups. + + See <file:Documentation/sched-design-CFS.txt> for more information. config FAIR_GROUP_SCHED bool "Group scheduling for SCHED_OTHER" @@ -346,9 +358,10 @@ config CGROUP_SCHED help This option allows you to create arbitrary task groups using the "cgroup" pseudo filesystem and control - the cpu bandwidth allocated to each such task group. - Refer to Documentation/cgroups.txt for more information - on "cgroup" pseudo filesystem. + the CPU bandwidth allocated to each such task group. + + See <file:Documentation/cgroups.txt> for more information + on the "cgroup" pseudo filesystem. endchoice @@ -357,7 +370,7 @@ config CGROUP_CPUACCT depends on CGROUPS help Provides a simple Resource Controller for monitoring the - total CPU consumed by the tasks in a cgroup + total CPU consumed by the tasks in a cgroup. config RESOURCE_COUNTERS bool "Resource counters" @@ -375,6 +388,7 @@ config SYSFS_DEPRECATED "device"-link, the <subsystem>:<name>-link, and the "bus"-link. It may also add deprecated key in the uevent environment. + None of these features or values should be used today, as they export driver core implementation details to userspace or export properties which can't be kept stable across kernel @@ -394,10 +408,20 @@ config CGROUP_MEM_CONT Provides a memory controller that manages both page cache and RSS memory. + If unsure, say N. + config PROC_PID_CPUSET bool "Include legacy /proc/<pid>/cpuset file" depends on CPUSETS default y + help + This option provides the /proc/<pid>/cpuset file. + + This file contains the name of the cpuset in which + the process is executing. For more information, see + <file:Documentation/cpusets.txt> + + If unsure, say Y. config RELAY bool "Kernel->user space relay support (formerly relayfs)"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-22 0:56 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 ` [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 2/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - TASKSTATS Nick Andrew 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 ` Nick Andrew [this message] 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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