1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 # Timer subsystem related configuration options
6 # Options selectable by arch Kconfig
8 # Watchdog function for clocksources to detect instabilities
9 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
12 # Architecture has extra clocksource data
13 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
16 # Architecture has extra clocksource init called from registration
17 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT
20 # Clocksources require validation of the clocksource against the last
21 # cycle update - x86/TSC misfeature
22 config CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE
25 # Timekeeping vsyscall support
26 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
29 # The generic clock events infrastructure
30 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
31 def_bool !LEGACY_TIMER_TICK
33 # Architecture can handle broadcast in a driver-agnostic way
34 config ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST
37 # Clockevents broadcasting infrastructure
38 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
40 depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
42 # Automatically adjust the min. reprogramming time for
44 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
47 # Generic update of CMOS clock
48 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
51 # Select to handle posix CPU timers from task_work
52 # and not from the timer interrupt context
53 config HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
56 config POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
58 default y if POSIX_TIMERS && HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
60 config LEGACY_TIMER_TICK
63 The legacy timer tick helper is used by platforms that
64 lack support for the generic clockevent framework.
65 New platforms should use generic clockevents instead.
67 if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
68 menu "Timers subsystem"
70 # Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ_COMMON / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
71 # only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices
72 # are supported independent of this.
81 prompt "Timer tick handling"
82 default NO_HZ_IDLE if NO_HZ
85 bool "Periodic timer ticks (constant rate, no dynticks)"
87 This option keeps the tick running periodically at a constant
88 rate, even when the CPU doesn't need it.
91 bool "Idle dynticks system (tickless idle)"
94 This option enables a tickless idle system: timer interrupts
95 will only trigger on an as-needed basis when the system is idle.
96 This is usually interesting for energy saving.
98 Most of the time you want to say Y here.
101 bool "Full dynticks system (tickless)"
102 # NO_HZ_COMMON dependency
103 # We need at least one periodic CPU for timekeeping
105 depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
106 # VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN dependency
107 depends on HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
110 select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
114 Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when
115 the CPU is running tasks. Typically this requires running a single
116 task on the CPU. Chances for running tickless are maximized when
117 the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity.
119 You need to fill up the nohz_full boot parameter with the
120 desired range of dynticks CPUs.
122 This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel
123 transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's
130 config CONTEXT_TRACKING
133 config CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE
134 bool "Force context tracking"
135 depends on CONTEXT_TRACKING
136 default y if !NO_HZ_FULL
138 The major pre-requirement for full dynticks to work is to
139 support the context tracking subsystem. But there are also
140 other dependencies to provide in order to make the full
143 This option stands for testing when an arch implements the
144 context tracking backend but doesn't yet fulfill all the
145 requirements to make the full dynticks feature working.
146 Without the full dynticks, there is no way to test the support
147 for context tracking and the subsystems that rely on it: RCU
148 userspace extended quiescent state and tickless cputime
149 accounting. This option copes with the absence of the full
150 dynticks subsystem by forcing the context tracking on all
153 Say Y only if you're working on the development of an
154 architecture backend for the context tracking.
156 Say N otherwise, this option brings an overhead that you
157 don't want in production.
160 bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
162 This is the old config entry that enables dynticks idle.
163 We keep it around for a little while to enforce backward
164 compatibility with older config files.
166 config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
167 bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
170 This option enables high resolution timer support. If your
171 hardware is not capable then this option only increases
172 the size of the kernel image.