Voluntary Kernel Preemption (Desktop)

configname: CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY

Preemption Model
└─>Voluntary Kernel Preemption (Desktop)
In linux kernel since version 2.6.13 (release Date: 2005-08-28)  
This option reduces the latency of the kernel by adding more
"explicit preemption points" to the kernel code. These new
preemption points have been selected to reduce the maximum
latency of rescheduling, providing faster application reactions,
at the cost of slightly lower throughput.

This allows reaction to interactive events by allowing a
low priority process to voluntarily preempt itself even if it
is in kernel mode executing a system call. This allows
applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the system is
under load.

Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop system.