linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 13/24] rcu: Clean up flavor-related definitions and comments in Kconfig

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Date:   Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:53:54 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 13/24] rcu: Clean up flavor-related definitions and comments in Kconfig

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
index a0b7f0103ca9..939a2056c87a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ config RCU_BOOST
 	  This option boosts the priority of preempted RCU readers that
 	  block the current preemptible RCU grace period for too long.
 	  This option also prevents heavy loads from blocking RCU
-	  callback invocation for all flavors of RCU.
+	  callback invocation.
 
 	  Say Y here if you are working with real-time apps or heavy loads
 	  Say N here if you are unsure.
@@ -225,15 +225,15 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU
 	  callback invocation to energy-efficient CPUs in battery-powered
 	  asymmetric multiprocessors.
 
-	  This option offloads callback invocation from the set of
-	  CPUs specified at boot time by the rcu_nocbs parameter.
-	  For each such CPU, a kthread ("rcuox/N") will be created to
-	  invoke callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded,
-	  and where the "p" for RCU-preempt and "s" for RCU-sched.
-	  Nothing prevents this kthread from running on the specified
-	  CPUs, but (1) the kthreads may be preempted between each
-	  callback, and (2) affinity or cgroups can be used to force
-	  the kthreads to run on whatever set of CPUs is desired.
+	  This option offloads callback invocation from the set of CPUs
+	  specified at boot time by the rcu_nocbs parameter.  For each
+	  such CPU, a kthread ("rcuox/N") will be created to invoke
+	  callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded, and where
+	  the "p" for RCU-preempt (PREEMPT kernels) and "s" for RCU-sched
+	  (!PREEMPT kernels).  Nothing prevents this kthread from running
+	  on the specified CPUs, but (1) the kthreads may be preempted
+	  between each callback, and (2) affinity or cgroups can be used
+	  to force the kthreads to run on whatever set of CPUs is desired.
 
 	  Say Y here if you want to help to debug reduced OS jitter.
 	  Say N here if you are unsure.
-- 
2.17.1