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SubjectRe: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions [PATCH 6/9]
Quoting Nick Andrew (nick@nick-andrew.net):
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 06:04:57PM -0800, Paul Menage wrote:
> > On Feb 19, 2008 7:12 AM, Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net> wrote:
> > > config CGROUPS
> > > [...]
> > > + When enabled, a new filesystem type "cgroup" is available
> > > + and can be mounted to control cpusets.
> > How about:
> > ... cpusets and other resource/behaviour controllers.
>
> Ok I added that. This is what I have now:
>
>
> config CGROUPS
> bool "Control Group support"
> help
> Control Groups enables processes to be tracked and grouped
> into "cgroups". This enables you, for example, to associate

Maybe
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".

> When enabled, a new filesystem type "cgroup" is available
> and can be mounted to control cpusets and other
> resource/behaviour controllers.
>
> See <file:Documentation/cgroups.txt> for more information.
>
> If unsure, say N.
>
>
> I don't think that description is as clear as it could be. From
> the non-kernel-developer point of view, that is. I'll read
> Documentation/cgroups.txt more thoroughly and see if I can come
> up with a better description.
>
> Re "other resource/behaviour controllers", what in particular?
> I take it that our current controllers are cpusets, scheduler,
> CPU accounting and Resource counters?
>
> Nick.
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