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git-mirror · Dec 22, 2006 · 7585d96 · 7585d96
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-refs/heads/master: 0b76e20b27d20f7cb240e6b1b2dbebaa1b7f9b60
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diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/vmstat.h b/trunk/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 /*
  * Light weight per cpu counter implementation.
  *
- * Counters should only be incremented and no critical kernel component
- * should rely on the counter values.
+ * Counters should only be incremented.  You need to set EMBEDDED
+ * to disable VM_EVENT_COUNTERS.  Things like procps (vmstat,
+ * top, etc) use /proc/vmstat and depend on these counters.
  *
  * Counters are handled completely inline. On many platforms the code
  * generated will simply be the increment of a global address.

diff --git a/trunk/init/Kconfig b/trunk/init/Kconfig
@@ -461,10 +461,10 @@ config VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
 	default y
 	bool "Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat" if EMBEDDED
 	help
-	  VM event counters are only needed to for event counts to be
-	  shown. They have no function for the kernel itself. This
-	  option allows the disabling of the VM event counters.
-	  /proc/vmstat will only show page counts.
+	  VM event counters are needed for event counts to be shown.
+	  This option allows the disabling of the VM event counters
+	  on EMBEDDED systems.  /proc/vmstat will only show page counts
+	  if VM event counters are disabled.
 
 endmenu		# General setup