CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS: Use local timer interrupts

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS:

• prompt: Use local timer interrupts
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_SMP
• defined in arch/arm/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.15–2.6.39, 3.0–3.11

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Enable support for local timers on SMP platforms, rather then the legacy IPI broadcast method. Local timers allows the system accounting to be spread across the timer interval, preventing a "thundering herd" at every timer tick.

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