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Subject[PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 2/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - TASKSTATS
Rewrite the help descriptions for clarity, accuracy and consistency.

Kernel config options affected:

- TASKSTATS
- TASK_DELAY_ACCT
- TASK_XACCT
- TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING

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 2008-02-20 09:35:28.000000000 +1100
@@ -177,42 +177,52 @@ config TASKSTATS
depends on NET
default n
help
- Export selected statistics for tasks/processes through the
- generic netlink interface. Unlike BSD process accounting, the
- statistics are available during the lifetime of tasks/processes as
- responses to commands. Like BSD accounting, they are sent to user
- space on task exit.
+ Taskstats is a netlink-based interface for sending per-task
+ and per-process statistics from the kernel to userspace.

- Say N if unsure.
+ Unlike BSD process accounting, the statistics are available
+ during the lifetime of tasks/processes as responses to
+ commands. Like BSD accounting, they are sent to user space on
+ task exit.
+
+ Netlink is a type of network socket used to transfer data
+ between the kernel and user space. For more information on
+ Netlink see <http://qos.ittc.ku.edu/netlink/html/index.html>
+
+ See <file:Documentation/accounting/taskstats.txt> for more
+ information on taskstats.
+
+ If unsure, say N.

config TASK_DELAY_ACCT
bool "Enable per-task delay accounting (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on TASKSTATS
help
- Collect information on time spent by a task waiting for system
- resources like cpu, synchronous block I/O completion and swapping
- in pages. Such statistics can help in setting a task's priorities
- relative to other tasks for cpu, io, rss limits etc.
+ Also collect information on time spent by a task waiting for
+ system resources like CPU, synchronous block I/O completion and
+ swapping in pages. Such statistics can help in setting a task's
+ priorities relative to other tasks for CPU, I/O, RSS limits etc.

- Say N if unsure.
+ If unsure, say N.

config TASK_XACCT
bool "Enable extended accounting over taskstats (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on TASKSTATS
help
- Collect extended task accounting data and send the data
- to userland for processing over the taskstats interface.
+ Also collect extended task accounting data and send
+ the data to userland for processing over the taskstats
+ interface.

- Say N if unsure.
+ If unsure, say N.

config TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
bool "Enable per-task storage I/O accounting (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on TASK_XACCT
help
- Collect information on the number of bytes of storage I/O which this
- task has caused.
+ Also collect information on the number of bytes of storage
+ I/O which this task has caused.

- Say N if unsure.
+ If unsure, say N.

config AUDIT
bool "Auditing support"

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