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        sched_debug     [KNL] Enables verbose scheduler debug messages.
 
+       skew_tick=      [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate
+                       xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock
+                       contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set.
+                       Format: { "0" | "1" }
+                       0 -- disable. (may be 1 via CONFIG_CMDLINE="skew_tick=1"
+                       1 -- enable.
+                       Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
+                       enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
+
        security=       [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
                        If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
                        security module asking for security registration will be