Commit c08c4dd5 authored by Paul Mackerras's avatar Paul Mackerras Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] PPC64 Add PREEMPT_BKL option

This patch adds the PREEMPT_BKL config option for PPC64, shamelessly
stolen from the i386 version.  I have this turned on in the kernel on
my desktop G5 and it seems to be just fine.
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent 44462c19
......@@ -231,6 +231,17 @@ config PREEMPT
Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop, embedded
or real-time system. Say N if you are unsure.
config PREEMPT_BKL
bool "Preempt The Big Kernel Lock"
depends on PREEMPT
default y
help
This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making the
big kernel lock preemptible.
Say Y here if you are building a kernel for a desktop system.
Say N if you are unsure.
#
# Use the generic interrupt handling code in kernel/irq/:
#
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