tick: Document TICK_ONESHOT config option

This option has been selected from arch code as it was assumed that
it's necessary to support oneshot mode clockevent devices. But it's
just a core internal helper to compile tick-oneshot.c if NOHZ or
HIG_RES_TIMERS are selected.

Reported-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index 2cf9cc7aa103..a20dc8a3c949 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #
 # Timer subsystem related configuration options
 #
+
+# Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
+# only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices
+# are supported independ of this.
 config TICK_ONESHOT
         bool