This commit wordsmiths the RCU_LAZY and RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF Kconfig options' help text. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/Kconfig | 20 +++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig index b9b6bc55185db..2bb22dac3b5a9 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig @@ -323,21 +323,27 @@ config RCU_LAZY depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU default n help - To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after delay, memory - pressure, or callback list growing too big. + To save power, batch RCU callbacks and delay starting the + corresponding grace period for multiple seconds. The grace + period will be started after this delay, in case of memory + pressure, or if the corresponding CPU's callback list grows + too large. - Requires rcu_nocbs=all to be set. + These delays happen only on rcu_nocbs CPUs, that is, CPUs + whose callbacks have been offloaded. - Use rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=0 to turn it off at boot time. + Use the rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=0 kernel-boot parameter to + globally disable these delays. config RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF bool "Turn RCU lazy invocation off by default" depends on RCU_LAZY default n help - Allows building the kernel with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y yet keep it default - off. Boot time param rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=1 can be used to switch - it back on. + Build the kernel with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, but cause the kernel + to boot with these energy-efficiency delays disabled. Use the + rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=0 kernel-boot parameter to override + the this option at boot time, thus re-enabling these delays. config RCU_DOUBLE_CHECK_CB_TIME bool "RCU callback-batch backup time check" -- 2.40.1
