Comment 40 for bug 493156

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Balbir Singh (bsingharora) wrote : Re: [Bug 493156] Re: Please enable CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Christian Kujau
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Whooha, language!
>
> And I think they "fixed" it, albeit in a weird way:
> CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT is enabled in the kernel config, but the feature
> is still disabled unless the kernel is booted with "delayacct" as a boot
> parameter, see my comment above.
>

I am not sure who made the decision and on what data, but
TASK_DELAY_ACCT should be the least of the problems when it comes to
overheads.

The correct path IMHO is to show us the overhead and lets fix it if it
is unacceptable

Balbir