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diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index c7d2fd67799e..3381f098070f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -157,6 +157,33 @@ config NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE
 
          Say N if you are unsure.
 
+config NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE_SMALL
+        int "Number of CPUs above which large-system approach is used"
+        depends on NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE
+        range 1 NR_CPUS
+        default 8
+        help
+         The full-system idle detection mechanism takes a lazy approach
+         on large systems, as is required to attain decent scalability.
+         However, on smaller systems, scalability is not anywhere near as
+         large a concern as is energy efficiency.  The sysidle subsystem
+         therefore uses a fast but non-scalable algorithm for small
+         systems and a lazier but scalable algorithm for large systems.
+         This Kconfig parameter defines the number of CPUs in the largest
+         system that will be considered to be "small".
+
+         The default value will be fine in most cases.  Battery-powered
+         systems that (1) enable NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE, (2) have larger
+         numbers of CPUs, and (3) are suffering from battery-lifetime
+         problems due to long sysidle latencies might wish to experiment
+         with larger values for this Kconfig parameter.  On the other
+         hand, they might be even better served by disabling NO_HZ_FULL
+         entirely, given that NO_HZ_FULL is intended for HPC and
+         real-time workloads that at present do not tend to be run on
+         battery-powered systems.
+
+         Take the default if you are unsure.
+
 config NO_HZ
         bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
         depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS