Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:42:07 +0100
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
To: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
        Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent users from disabling tickless
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On Dec 21 Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> --- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
> @@ -5,13 +5,9 @@ config TICK_ONESHOT
>  	bool
>  
>  config NO_HZ
> -	bool "Tickless System (Dynamic Ticks)"
> +	def_bool y
>  	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
>  	select TICK_ONESHOT
> -	help
> -	  This option enables a tickless system: timer interrupts will
> -	  only trigger on an as-needed basis both when the system is
> -	  busy and when the system is idle.
>  
>  config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
>  	bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
> 

Even at a kconfig variable without prompt, a help section may be useful.
In case of this one, you should rather add to the text than remove it.
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Stefan Richter
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