[PATCH RFC V6 6/11] xen/pvticketlocks: add xen_nopvspin parameter to disable xen pv ticketlocks

[Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c |   14 ++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index 0e4d057..5dce49d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -223,12 +223,26 @@ void xen_uninit_lock_cpu(int cpu)
 	unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(lock_kicker_irq, cpu), NULL);
 }
 
+static bool xen_pvspin __initdata = true;
+
 void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
 {
+	if (!xen_pvspin) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "xen: PV spinlocks disabled\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning = xen_lock_spinning;
 	pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick = xen_unlock_kick;
 }
 
+static __init int xen_parse_nopvspin(char *arg)
+{
+	xen_pvspin = false;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("xen_nopvspin", xen_parse_nopvspin);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS
 
 static struct dentry *d_spin_debug;