oprofile, x86: Add kernel parameter oprofile.cpu_type=timer

We need this to better test x86 NMI timer mode. Otherwise it is very
hard to setup systems with NMI timer enabled, but we have this e.g. in
virtual machine environments.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 854ed5ca7e3f..f7735a125f4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1848,6 +1848,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         arch_perfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural
                                 perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
                                 CPU specific event set.
+                        timer: [X86] Force use of architectural NMI
+                                timer mode (see also oprofile.timer
+                                for generic hr timer mode)
 
         oops=panic      Always panic on oopses. Default is to just kill the
                         process, but there is a small probability of