linux-kernel - 2.6.34: arch/x86/Kconfig BUG (was: SCHED_OMIT_FRAME

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Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 09:27:32 +0100
From:	Frank Kingswood <frank@...gswood-consulting.co.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: 2.6.34: arch/x86/Kconfig BUG  (was: SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER configuration
 option wrong)

On 20/05/10 18:30, Frank A. Kingswood wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The configuration option SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER seems to have gained a
> most unusual description in 2.6.34.
>
> 490 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
> 491 def_bool y
> 492 prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output"
> 493 depends on X86
> 494 ---help---
> 495 Calculate simpler /proc/<PID>/wchan values. If this option
> 496 is disabled then wchan values will recurse back to the
> 497 caller function. This provides more accurate wchan values,
> 498 at the expense of slightly more scheduling overhead.
> 499
> 500 If in doubt, say "Y".

This looks like a git merge error/bug.

Frank
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