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Diffstat (limited to 'init/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 43 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index fed81b576f29..18bd9e3d3274 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ config TREE_RCU config TREE_PREEMPT_RCU bool "Preemptible tree-based hierarchical RCU" depends on PREEMPT + select IRQ_WORK help This option selects the RCU implementation that is designed for very large SMP systems with hundreds or @@ -527,13 +528,29 @@ config RCU_USER_QS config CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE bool "Force context tracking" depends on CONTEXT_TRACKING - default CONTEXT_TRACKING + default y if !NO_HZ_FULL help - Probe on user/kernel boundaries by default in order to - test the features that rely on it such as userspace RCU extended - quiescent states. - This test is there for debugging until we have a real user like the - full dynticks mode. + The major pre-requirement for full dynticks to work is to + support the context tracking subsystem. But there are also + other dependencies to provide in order to make the full + dynticks working. + + This option stands for testing when an arch implements the + context tracking backend but doesn't yet fullfill all the + requirements to make the full dynticks feature working. + Without the full dynticks, there is no way to test the support + for context tracking and the subsystems that rely on it: RCU + userspace extended quiescent state and tickless cputime + accounting. This option copes with the absence of the full + dynticks subsystem by forcing the context tracking on all + CPUs in the system. + + Say Y only if you're working on the developpement of an + architecture backend for the context tracking. + + Say N otherwise, this option brings an overhead that you + don't want in production. + config RCU_FANOUT int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value" @@ -1106,7 +1123,6 @@ config IPC_NS config USER_NS bool "User namespace" - depends on UIDGID_CONVERTED select UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS default n @@ -1140,20 +1156,8 @@ config NET_NS endif # NAMESPACES -config UIDGID_CONVERTED - # True if all of the selected software conmponents are known - # to have uid_t and gid_t converted to kuid_t and kgid_t - # where appropriate and are otherwise safe to use with - # the user namespace. - bool - default y - - # Filesystems - depends on XFS_FS = n - config UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS bool "Require conversions between uid/gids and their internal representation" - depends on UIDGID_CONVERTED default n help While the nececessary conversions are being added to all subsystems this option allows @@ -1666,6 +1670,7 @@ config BASE_SMALL menuconfig MODULES bool "Enable loadable module support" + option modules help Kernel modules are small pieces of compiled code which can be inserted in the running kernel, rather than being |