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 # Architecture has extra clocksource init called from registration
16 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT
19 # Clocksources require validation of the clocksource against the last
20 # cycle update - x86/TSC misfeature
21 config CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE
24 # Timekeeping vsyscall support
25 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
28 # Old style timekeeping
29 config ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
32 # The generic clock events infrastructure
33 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
36 # Architecture can handle broadcast in a driver-agnostic way
37 config ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST
40 # Clockevents broadcasting infrastructure
41 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
43 depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
45 # Automatically adjust the min. reprogramming time for
47 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
50 # Generic update of CMOS clock
51 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
54 if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
55 menu "Timers subsystem"
57 # Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ_COMMON / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
58 # only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices
59 # are supported independent of this.
65 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
69 prompt "Timer tick handling"
70 default NO_HZ_IDLE if NO_HZ
73 bool "Periodic timer ticks (constant rate, no dynticks)"
75 This option keeps the tick running periodically at a constant
76 rate, even when the CPU doesn't need it.
79 bool "Idle dynticks system (tickless idle)"
80 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
83 This option enables a tickless idle system: timer interrupts
84 will only trigger on an as-needed basis when the system is idle.
85 This is usually interesting for energy saving.
87 Most of the time you want to say Y here.
90 bool "Full dynticks system (tickless)"
91 # NO_HZ_COMMON dependency
92 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
93 # We need at least one periodic CPU for timekeeping
95 depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
96 # VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN dependency
97 depends on HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
100 select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
104 Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when
105 the CPU is running tasks. Typically this requires running a single
106 task on the CPU. Chances for running tickless are maximized when
107 the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity.
109 You need to fill up the nohz_full boot parameter with the
110 desired range of dynticks CPUs.
112 This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel
113 transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's
121 bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
122 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
124 This is the old config entry that enables dynticks idle.
125 We keep it around for a little while to enforce backward
126 compatibility with older config files.
128 config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
129 bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
130 depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
133 This option enables high resolution timer support. If your
134 hardware is not capable then this option only increases
135 the size of the kernel image.