Re: [PATCH 1/4] cputime: Generalize CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Thu Aug 16 2012 - 08:56:00 EST


On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 07:38:17PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 09:53 +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> > Hmm, ok. But then the description should be reworded not to be specific to
> > the power architecture (the part of the message about "This also enables
> > accounting of stolen time on logically-partitioned systems running on IBM
> > POWER5-based machines.").
>
> Which is not very helpful to somebody running on a POWER6 or 7 (which
> also support that option just fine :-)
>
> So yes, the description should definitely be improved.

All right. How about something like the below?

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 894b073..5f5f8c2 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ config VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
accounting. This is done by reading a CPU counter on each
kernel entry and exit and on transitions within the kernel
between system, softirq and hardirq state, so there is a
- small performance impact. This also enables accounting of
- stolen time on logically-partitioned systems running on
- IBM POWER5-based machines.
+ small performance impact. In the case of IBM POWER > 5, this
+ also enables accounting of stolen time on logically-partitioned
+ systems.

config BSD_PROCESS_ACCT
bool "BSD Process Accounting"
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