Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Valentin Schneider <> | Subject | Re: v5.7: new core kernel option missing help text | Date | Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:00:26 +0100 |
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On 03/06/20 18:31, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote: > Hi, > > A new kernel configuration option ("SCHED_THERMAL_PRESSURE") was > recently added, but has no help text. This is most unhelpful when > trying to configure the kernel, since one does not know what the > effect of answering yes or no to this option would be. > > Please supply a proper help text when adding core kernel options > so that people can make an informed decision when answering the > prompt, rather than just guessing. >
Right; does the below look good enough?
--- diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 74a5ac65644f..f40cf852d00a 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ config HAVE_SCHED_AVG_IRQ config SCHED_THERMAL_PRESSURE bool "Enable periodic averaging of thermal pressure" depends on SMP + help + This option allows the scheduler to be aware of CPU thermal throttling + (i.e. thermal pressure), providing arch_scale_thermal_pressure() is + implemented.
config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT bool "BSD Process Accounting" ---
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