Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86: Move DEBUG_TLBFLUSH option.

[Ingo Molnar]

* Atish Patra <atish.patra@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH was added in 'commit 3df3212f9722 ("x86/tlb: add
> tlb_flushall_shift knob into debugfs")' to support tlb_flushall_shift
> knob. The knob was removed in 'commit e9f4e0a9fe27 ("x86/mm: Rip out
> complicated, out-of-date, buggy TLB flushing")'.  However, the debug
> option was never removed from Kconfig. It was reused in commit
> '9824cf9753ec ("mm: vmstats: tlb flush counters")' but the commit text
> was never updated accordingly.

Please, when you mention several commits, put them into new lines to make 
it readable, i.e.:

  3df3212f9722 ("x86/tlb: add tlb_flushall_shift knob into debugfs")

etc.

> Update the Kconfig option description as per its current usage.
> 
> Take this opprtunity to make this kconfig option a common option as it
> touches the common vmstat code. Introduce another arch specific config
> HAVE_ARCH_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH that can be selected to enable this config.

"opprtunity"?

> +config HAVE_ARCH_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
> +	bool
> +	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> +
> +config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
> +	bool "Save tlb flush statstics to vmstat"
> +	depends on HAVE_ARCH_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
> +	help
> +
> +	Add tlbflush statstics to vmstat. It is really helpful understand tlbflush
> +	performance and behavior. It should be enabled only for debugging purpose
> +	by individual architectures explicitly by selecting HAVE_ARCH_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH.

"statstics"??

Please put a spell checker into your workflow or read what you are 
writing ...

Thanks,

	Ingo