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Differences between /kernel/time/Kconfig (Version linux-6.11.5) and /kernel/time/Kconfig (Version linux-5.13.19)


  1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only             1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
  2 #                                                   2 #
  3 # Timer subsystem related configuration option      3 # Timer subsystem related configuration options
  4 #                                                   4 #
  5                                                     5 
  6 # Options selectable by arch Kconfig                6 # Options selectable by arch Kconfig
  7                                                     7 
  8 # Watchdog function for clocksources to detect      8 # Watchdog function for clocksources to detect instabilities
  9 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG                         9 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
 10         bool                                       10         bool
 11                                                    11 
 12 # Architecture has extra clocksource data          12 # Architecture has extra clocksource data
 13 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA                       13 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 14         bool                                       14         bool
 15                                                    15 
 16 # Architecture has extra clocksource init call     16 # Architecture has extra clocksource init called from registration
 17 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT                       17 config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_INIT
 18         bool                                       18         bool
 19                                                    19 
 20 # Clocksources require validation of the clock     20 # Clocksources require validation of the clocksource against the last
 21 # cycle update - x86/TSC misfeature                21 # cycle update - x86/TSC misfeature
 22 config CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE             22 config CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE
 23         bool                                       23         bool
 24                                                    24 
 25 # Timekeeping vsyscall support                     25 # Timekeeping vsyscall support
 26 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL                       26 config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 27         bool                                       27         bool
 28                                                    28 
 29 # The generic clock events infrastructure          29 # The generic clock events infrastructure
 30 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS                         30 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 31         def_bool !LEGACY_TIMER_TICK                31         def_bool !LEGACY_TIMER_TICK
 32                                                    32 
 33 # Architecture can handle broadcast in a drive     33 # Architecture can handle broadcast in a driver-agnostic way
 34 config ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST                     34 config ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST
 35         bool                                       35         bool
 36                                                    36 
 37 # Clockevents broadcasting infrastructure          37 # Clockevents broadcasting infrastructure
 38 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST               38 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 39         bool                                       39         bool
 40         depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS             40         depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 41                                                    41 
 42 # Handle broadcast in default_idle_call()      << 
 43 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST_IDLE      << 
 44         bool                                   << 
 45         depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCA << 
 46                                                << 
 47 # Automatically adjust the min. reprogramming      42 # Automatically adjust the min. reprogramming time for
 48 # clock event device                               43 # clock event device
 49 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST              44 config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
 50         bool                                       45         bool
 51                                                    46 
 52 # Generic update of CMOS clock                     47 # Generic update of CMOS clock
 53 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE                         48 config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
 54         bool                                       49         bool
 55                                                    50 
 56 # Select to handle posix CPU timers from task_     51 # Select to handle posix CPU timers from task_work
 57 # and not from the timer interrupt context         52 # and not from the timer interrupt context
 58 config HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK             53 config HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
 59         bool                                       54         bool
 60                                                    55 
 61 config POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK                  56 config POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
 62         bool                                       57         bool
 63         default y if POSIX_TIMERS && HAVE_POSI     58         default y if POSIX_TIMERS && HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
 64                                                    59 
 65 config LEGACY_TIMER_TICK                           60 config LEGACY_TIMER_TICK
 66         bool                                       61         bool
 67         help                                       62         help
 68           The legacy timer tick helper is used     63           The legacy timer tick helper is used by platforms that
 69           lack support for the generic clockev     64           lack support for the generic clockevent framework.
 70           New platforms should use generic clo     65           New platforms should use generic clockevents instead.
 71                                                    66 
 72 config TIME_KUNIT_TEST                         << 
 73         tristate "KUnit test for kernel/time f << 
 74         depends on KUNIT                       << 
 75         default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS                << 
 76         help                                   << 
 77           Enable this option to test RTC libra << 
 78                                                << 
 79           If unsure, say N.                    << 
 80                                                << 
 81 config CONTEXT_TRACKING                        << 
 82         bool                                   << 
 83                                                << 
 84 config CONTEXT_TRACKING_IDLE                   << 
 85         bool                                   << 
 86         select CONTEXT_TRACKING                << 
 87         help                                   << 
 88           Tracks idle state on behalf of RCU.  << 
 89                                                << 
 90 if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS                             67 if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 91 menu "Timers subsystem"                            68 menu "Timers subsystem"
 92                                                    69 
 93 # Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ_COMM     70 # Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ_COMMON / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
 94 # only related to the tick functionality. Ones     71 # only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices
 95 # are supported independent of this.               72 # are supported independent of this.
 96 config TICK_ONESHOT                                73 config TICK_ONESHOT
 97         bool                                       74         bool
 98                                                    75 
 99 config NO_HZ_COMMON                                76 config NO_HZ_COMMON
100         bool                                       77         bool
101         select TICK_ONESHOT                        78         select TICK_ONESHOT
102                                                    79 
103 choice                                             80 choice
104         prompt "Timer tick handling"               81         prompt "Timer tick handling"
105         default NO_HZ_IDLE if NO_HZ                82         default NO_HZ_IDLE if NO_HZ
106                                                    83 
107 config HZ_PERIODIC                                 84 config HZ_PERIODIC
108         bool "Periodic timer ticks (constant r     85         bool "Periodic timer ticks (constant rate, no dynticks)"
109         help                                       86         help
110           This option keeps the tick running p     87           This option keeps the tick running periodically at a constant
111           rate, even when the CPU doesn't need     88           rate, even when the CPU doesn't need it.
112                                                    89 
113 config NO_HZ_IDLE                                  90 config NO_HZ_IDLE
114         bool "Idle dynticks system (tickless i     91         bool "Idle dynticks system (tickless idle)"
115         select NO_HZ_COMMON                        92         select NO_HZ_COMMON
116         help                                       93         help
117           This option enables a tickless idle      94           This option enables a tickless idle system: timer interrupts
118           will only trigger on an as-needed ba     95           will only trigger on an as-needed basis when the system is idle.
119           This is usually interesting for ener     96           This is usually interesting for energy saving.
120                                                    97 
121           Most of the time you want to say Y h     98           Most of the time you want to say Y here.
122                                                    99 
123 config NO_HZ_FULL                                 100 config NO_HZ_FULL
124         bool "Full dynticks system (tickless)"    101         bool "Full dynticks system (tickless)"
125         # NO_HZ_COMMON dependency                 102         # NO_HZ_COMMON dependency
126         # We need at least one periodic CPU fo    103         # We need at least one periodic CPU for timekeeping
127         depends on SMP                            104         depends on SMP
128         depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER  !! 105         depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
129         # VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN dependency      106         # VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN dependency
130         depends on HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GE    107         depends on HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
131         select NO_HZ_COMMON                       108         select NO_HZ_COMMON
132         select RCU_NOCB_CPU                       109         select RCU_NOCB_CPU
133         select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN            110         select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
134         select IRQ_WORK                           111         select IRQ_WORK
135         select CPU_ISOLATION                      112         select CPU_ISOLATION
136         help                                      113         help
137          Adaptively try to shutdown the tick w    114          Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when
138          the CPU is running tasks. Typically t    115          the CPU is running tasks. Typically this requires running a single
139          task on the CPU. Chances for running     116          task on the CPU. Chances for running tickless are maximized when
140          the task mostly runs in userspace and    117          the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity.
141                                                   118 
142          You need to fill up the nohz_full boo    119          You need to fill up the nohz_full boot parameter with the
143          desired range of dynticks CPUs to use !! 120          desired range of dynticks CPUs.
144          the expense of some overhead in user  << 
145          syscalls, exceptions and interrupts.  << 
146                                                   121 
147          By default, without passing the nohz_ !! 122          This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel
148          like NO_HZ_IDLE.                      !! 123          transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's
                                                   >> 124          dynamically off.
149                                                   125 
150          If you're a distro say Y.             !! 126          Say N.
151                                                   127 
152 endchoice                                         128 endchoice
153                                                   129 
154 config CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER                   !! 130 config CONTEXT_TRACKING
155         bool                                   !! 131        bool
156         depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER  !! 132 
157         select CONTEXT_TRACKING                !! 133 config CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE
158         help                                   !! 134         bool "Force context tracking"
159           Track transitions between kernel and !! 135         depends on CONTEXT_TRACKING
160           tickless cputime accounting. The for << 
161           tracking to enter/exit RCU extended  << 
162                                                << 
163 config CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER_FORCE             << 
164         bool "Force user context tracking"     << 
165         depends on CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER       << 
166         default y if !NO_HZ_FULL                  136         default y if !NO_HZ_FULL
167         help                                      137         help
168           The major pre-requirement for full d    138           The major pre-requirement for full dynticks to work is to
169           support the user context tracking su !! 139           support the context tracking subsystem. But there are also
170           other dependencies to provide in ord    140           other dependencies to provide in order to make the full
171           dynticks working.                       141           dynticks working.
172                                                   142 
173           This option stands for testing when     143           This option stands for testing when an arch implements the
174           user context tracking backend but do !! 144           context tracking backend but doesn't yet fulfill all the
175           requirements to make the full dyntic    145           requirements to make the full dynticks feature working.
176           Without the full dynticks, there is     146           Without the full dynticks, there is no way to test the support
177           for user context tracking and the su !! 147           for context tracking and the subsystems that rely on it: RCU
178           userspace extended quiescent state a    148           userspace extended quiescent state and tickless cputime
179           accounting. This option copes with t    149           accounting. This option copes with the absence of the full
180           dynticks subsystem by forcing the us !! 150           dynticks subsystem by forcing the context tracking on all
181           CPUs in the system.                     151           CPUs in the system.
182                                                   152 
183           Say Y only if you're working on the     153           Say Y only if you're working on the development of an
184           architecture backend for the user co !! 154           architecture backend for the context tracking.
185                                                   155 
186           Say N otherwise, this option brings     156           Say N otherwise, this option brings an overhead that you
187           don't want in production.               157           don't want in production.
188                                                   158 
189 config NO_HZ                                      159 config NO_HZ
190         bool "Old Idle dynticks config"           160         bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
191         help                                      161         help
192           This is the old config entry that en    162           This is the old config entry that enables dynticks idle.
193           We keep it around for a little while    163           We keep it around for a little while to enforce backward
194           compatibility with older config file    164           compatibility with older config files.
195                                                   165 
196 config HIGH_RES_TIMERS                            166 config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
197         bool "High Resolution Timer Support"      167         bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
198         select TICK_ONESHOT                       168         select TICK_ONESHOT
199         help                                      169         help
200           This option enables high resolution     170           This option enables high resolution timer support. If your
201           hardware is not capable then this op    171           hardware is not capable then this option only increases
202           the size of the kernel image.           172           the size of the kernel image.
203                                                << 
204 config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW_US        << 
205         int "Clocksource watchdog maximum allo << 
206         depends on CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG        << 
207         range 50 1000                          << 
208         default 125                            << 
209         help                                   << 
210           Specify the maximum amount of allowa << 
211           microseconds before reporting the cl << 
212           The default is based on a half-secon << 
213           interval and NTP's maximum frequency << 
214           per million.  If the clocksource is  << 
215           it is good enough for the clocksourc << 
216                                                   173 
217 endmenu                                           174 endmenu
218 endif                                             175 endif
                                                      

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