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 config TIME_KUNIT_TEST
68 tristate "KUnit test for kernel/time functions" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
70 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
72 Enable this option to test RTC library functions.
76 if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
77 menu "Timers subsystem"
79 # Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ_COMMON / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
80 # only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices
81 # are supported independent of this.
90 prompt "Timer tick handling"
91 default NO_HZ_IDLE if NO_HZ
94 bool "Periodic timer ticks (constant rate, no dynticks)"
96 This option keeps the tick running periodically at a constant
97 rate, even when the CPU doesn't need it.
100 bool "Idle dynticks system (tickless idle)"
103 This option enables a tickless idle system: timer interrupts
104 will only trigger on an as-needed basis when the system is idle.
105 This is usually interesting for energy saving.
107 Most of the time you want to say Y here.
110 bool "Full dynticks system (tickless)"
111 # NO_HZ_COMMON dependency
112 # We need at least one periodic CPU for timekeeping
114 depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
115 # VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN dependency
116 depends on HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
119 select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
123 Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when
124 the CPU is running tasks. Typically this requires running a single
125 task on the CPU. Chances for running tickless are maximized when
126 the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity.
128 You need to fill up the nohz_full boot parameter with the
129 desired range of dynticks CPUs to use it. This is implemented at
130 the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel transitions:
131 syscalls, exceptions and interrupts.
133 By default, without passing the nohz_full parameter, this behaves just
136 If you're a distro say Y.
140 config CONTEXT_TRACKING
143 config CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE
144 bool "Force context tracking"
145 depends on CONTEXT_TRACKING
146 default y if !NO_HZ_FULL
148 The major pre-requirement for full dynticks to work is to
149 support the context tracking subsystem. But there are also
150 other dependencies to provide in order to make the full
153 This option stands for testing when an arch implements the
154 context tracking backend but doesn't yet fulfill all the
155 requirements to make the full dynticks feature working.
156 Without the full dynticks, there is no way to test the support
157 for context tracking and the subsystems that rely on it: RCU
158 userspace extended quiescent state and tickless cputime
159 accounting. This option copes with the absence of the full
160 dynticks subsystem by forcing the context tracking on all
163 Say Y only if you're working on the development of an
164 architecture backend for the context tracking.
166 Say N otherwise, this option brings an overhead that you
167 don't want in production.
170 bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
172 This is the old config entry that enables dynticks idle.
173 We keep it around for a little while to enforce backward
174 compatibility with older config files.
176 config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
177 bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
180 This option enables high resolution timer support. If your
181 hardware is not capable then this option only increases
182 the size of the kernel image.