Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were:

   - clockevents state machine cleanups and enhancements (Viresh Kumar)

   - clockevents broadcast notifier horror to state machine conversion
     and related cleanups (Thomas Gleixner, Rafael J Wysocki)

   - clocksource and timekeeping core updates (John Stultz)

   - clocksource driver updates and fixes (Ben Dooks, Dmitry Osipenko,
     Hans de Goede, Laurent Pinchart, Maxime Ripard, Xunlei Pang)

   - y2038 fixes (Xunlei Pang, John Stultz)

   - NMI-safe ktime_get_raw_fast() and general refactoring of the clock
     code, in preparation to perf's per event clock ID support (Peter
     Zijlstra)

   - generic sched/clock fixes, optimizations and cleanups (Daniel
     Thompson)

   - clockevents cpu_down() race fix (Preeti U Murthy)"

* 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (94 commits)
  timers/PM: Drop unnecessary braces from tick_freeze()
  timers/PM: Fix up tick_unfreeze()
  timekeeping: Get rid of stale comment
  clockevents: Cleanup dead cpu explicitely
  clockevents: Make tick handover explicit
  clockevents: Remove broadcast oneshot control leftovers
  sched/idle: Use explicit broadcast oneshot control function
  ARM: Tegra: Use explicit broadcast oneshot control function
  ARM: OMAP: Use explicit broadcast oneshot control function
  intel_idle: Use explicit broadcast oneshot control function
  ACPI/idle: Use explicit broadcast control function
  ACPI/PAD: Use explicit broadcast oneshot control function
  x86/amd/idle, clockevents: Use explicit broadcast oneshot control functions
  clockevents: Provide explicit broadcast oneshot control functions
  clockevents: Remove the broadcast control leftovers
  ARM: OMAP: Use explicit broadcast control function
  intel_idle: Use explicit broadcast control function
  cpuidle: Use explicit broadcast control function
  ACPI/processor: Use explicit broadcast control function
  ACPI/PAD: Use explicit broadcast control function
  ...

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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c5cefb3c009c..36b6fa88ce5b 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -865,6 +865,19 @@ config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
 	  data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region
 	  is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal.
 
+config DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
+	bool "Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking"
+	help
+	  This option will enable additional timekeeping sanity checks
+	  which may be helpful when diagnosing issues where timekeeping
+	  problems are suspected.
+
+	  This may include checks in the timekeeping hotpaths, so this
+	  option may have a (very small) performance impact to some
+	  workloads.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config TIMER_STATS
 	bool "Collect kernel timers statistics"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS