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In order to enforce backward compatibility with older config files, we want the new dynticks-idle Kconfig entry to default its value to the one of the old CONFIG_NO_HZ symbol if present. Namely we want: config NO_HZ # old obsolete dynticks idle symbol bool config NO_HZ_IDLE # new dynticks idle symbol default NO_HZ However Kconfig prevents this to work if the old symbol is not visible. And this is currently the case because NO_HZ lacks a title in order to show it in make oldconfig and alike. To fix this, bring a minimal title and help text to the obsolete Kconfig entry that explains its purpose. This makes the "defaulting" to work. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org> Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com> Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org> Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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#
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# Timer subsystem related configuration options
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#
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# Options selectable by arch Kconfig
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# Watchdog function for clocksources to detect instabilities
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config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
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bool
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# Architecture has extra clocksource data
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config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
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bool
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# Platforms has a persistent clock
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config ALWAYS_USE_PERSISTENT_CLOCK
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bool
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default n
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# Timekeeping vsyscall support
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config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
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bool
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# Timekeeping vsyscall support
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config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL_OLD
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bool
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# ktime_t scalar 64bit nsec representation
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config KTIME_SCALAR
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bool
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# Old style timekeeping
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config ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
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bool
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# The generic clock events infrastructure
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config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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bool
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# Migration helper. Builds, but does not invoke
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config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BUILD
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bool
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default y
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depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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# Architecture can handle broadcast in a driver-agnostic way
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config ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST
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bool
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# Clockevents broadcasting infrastructure
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config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
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bool
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depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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# Automatically adjust the min. reprogramming time for
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# clock event device
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config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
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bool
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# Generic update of CMOS clock
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config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
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bool
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if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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menu "Timers subsystem"
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# Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ_COMMON / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
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# only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices
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# are supported independ of this.
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config TICK_ONESHOT
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bool
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config NO_HZ_COMMON
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bool
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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select TICK_ONESHOT
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choice
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prompt "Timer tick handling"
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default NO_HZ_IDLE if NO_HZ
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config PERIODIC_HZ
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bool "Periodic timer ticks (constant rate, no dynticks)"
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help
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This option keeps the tick running periodically at a constant
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rate, even when the CPU doesn't need it.
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config NO_HZ_IDLE
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bool "Idle dynticks system (tickless idle)"
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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select NO_HZ_COMMON
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help
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This option enables a tickless idle system: timer interrupts
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will only trigger on an as-needed basis when the system is idle.
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This is usually interesting for energy saving.
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Most of the time you want to say Y here.
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config NO_HZ_EXTENDED
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bool "Full dynticks system (tickless single task)"
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# NO_HZ_COMMON dependency
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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# RCU_USER_QS
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depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING && SMP
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# RCU_NOCB_CPU dependency
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depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
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depends on VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
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select NO_HZ_COMMON
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select RCU_USER_QS
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select RCU_NOCB_CPU
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select CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE
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help
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Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when
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the CPU is running tasks. Typically this requires running a single
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task on the CPU. Chances for running tickless are maximized when
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the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity.
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You need to fill up the nohz_extended boot parameter with the
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desired range of dynticks CPUs.
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This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel
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transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's
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dynamically off.
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Say N.
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endchoice
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config NO_HZ
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bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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help
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This is the old config entry that enables dynticks idle.
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We keep it around for a little while to enforce backward
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compatibility with older config files.
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config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
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bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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select TICK_ONESHOT
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help
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This option enables high resolution timer support. If your
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hardware is not capable then this option only increases
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the size of the kernel image.
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endmenu
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endif
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