Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:50:45 +0000 (UTC) From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r184171 - head/sys/conf Message-ID: <200810221750.m9MHojaN034929@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: obrien Date: Wed Oct 22 17:50:45 2008 New Revision: 184171 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/184171 Log: Clarify the PREEMPTION description a little. Modified: head/sys/conf/NOTES Modified: head/sys/conf/NOTES ============================================================================== --- head/sys/conf/NOTES Wed Oct 22 17:36:52 2008 (r184170) +++ head/sys/conf/NOTES Wed Oct 22 17:50:45 2008 (r184171) @@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ options SX_NOINLINE # SMP Debugging Options: # -# PREEMPTION allows the threads that are in the kernel to be preempted -# by higher priority threads. It helps with interactivity and -# allows interrupt threads to run sooner rather than waiting. +# PREEMPTION allows the threads that are in the kernel to be preempted by +# higher priority [interrupt] threads. It helps with interactivity +# and allows interrupt threads to run sooner rather than waiting. # WARNING! Only tested on amd64 and i386. # FULL_PREEMPTION instructs the kernel to preempt non-realtime kernel # threads. Its sole use is to expose race conditions and other
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