From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936253AbYBVAuh (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:50:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756558AbYBVAu3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:50:29 -0500 Received: from yoi5.greathalifaxhome.com ([66.180.172.116]:55137 "HELO vps1.tull.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754408AbYBVAu2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:50:28 -0500 X-Spam-Check-By: mail.local.tull.net Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:49:56 +1100 Message-ID: <20080222-114832-init-kconfig-2@tull.net> From: Nick Andrew To: trivial@kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pavel Emelyanov , Serge Hallyn , Randy Dunlap , Paul Menage , Paul Jackson , Valdis Kletnieks Subject: [PATCH 2.6.25-rc2 2/9] Kconfig: Improve init/Kconfig help descriptions - TASKSTATS References: <20080219140609.GA26619@tull.net> X-SMTPD: qpsmtpd/0.26, http://develooper.com/code/qpsmtpd/ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 --- 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 + + See 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"