2 # Timer subsystem related configuration options
5 # Options selectable by arch Kconfig
7 # Watchdog function for clocksources to detect instabilities
8 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
11 # Architecture has extra clocksource data
12 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
15 # Clocksources require validation of the clocksource against the last
16 # cycle update - x86/TSC misfeature
17 config CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE
20 # Timekeeping vsyscall support
21 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
24 # Old style timekeeping
25 config ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
28 # The generic clock events infrastructure
29 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
32 # Architecture can handle broadcast in a driver-agnostic way
33 config ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST
36 # Clockevents broadcasting infrastructure
37 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
39 depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
41 # Automatically adjust the min. reprogramming time for
43 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
46 # Generic update of CMOS clock
47 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
50 if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
51 menu "Timers subsystem"
53 # Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ_COMMON / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
54 # only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices
55 # are supported independent of this.
61 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
65 prompt "Timer tick handling"
66 default NO_HZ_IDLE if NO_HZ
69 bool "Periodic timer ticks (constant rate, no dynticks)"
71 This option keeps the tick running periodically at a constant
72 rate, even when the CPU doesn't need it.
75 bool "Idle dynticks system (tickless idle)"
76 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
79 This option enables a tickless idle system: timer interrupts
80 will only trigger on an as-needed basis when the system is idle.
81 This is usually interesting for energy saving.
83 Most of the time you want to say Y here.
86 bool "Full dynticks system (tickless)"
87 # NO_HZ_COMMON dependency
88 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
89 # We need at least one periodic CPU for timekeeping
91 depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
92 # VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN dependency
93 depends on HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
96 select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
100 Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when
101 the CPU is running tasks. Typically this requires running a single
102 task on the CPU. Chances for running tickless are maximized when
103 the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity.
105 You need to fill up the nohz_full boot parameter with the
106 desired range of dynticks CPUs.
108 This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel
109 transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's
116 config NO_HZ_FULL_ALL
117 bool "Full dynticks system on all CPUs by default (except CPU 0)"
118 depends on NO_HZ_FULL
120 If the user doesn't pass the nohz_full boot option to
121 define the range of full dynticks CPUs, consider that all
122 CPUs in the system are full dynticks by default.
123 Note the boot CPU will still be kept outside the range to
124 handle the timekeeping duty.
127 bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
128 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
130 This is the old config entry that enables dynticks idle.
131 We keep it around for a little while to enforce backward
132 compatibility with older config files.
134 config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
135 bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
136 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
139 This option enables high resolution timer support. If your
140 hardware is not capable then this option only increases
141 the size of the kernel image.