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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/Kconfig | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig index 24510d84efd7..5a87c03e45ad 100644 --- a/kernel/time/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig @@ -79,6 +79,25 @@ config NO_HZ only trigger on an as-needed basis both when the system is busy and when the system is idle. +config NO_HZ_EXTENDED + bool "Full dynticks system" + depends on NO_HZ && RCU_USER_QS && VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN && RCU_NOCB_CPU && SMP + select CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE + help + Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when + the CPU is running tasks. Typically this requires running a single + task on the CPU. Chances for running tickless are maximized when + the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity. + + You need to fill up the nohz_extended boot parameter with the + desired range of dynticks CPUs. + + This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel + transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's + dynamically off. + + Say N. + config HIGH_RES_TIMERS bool "High Resolution Timer Support" depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS |