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From: tip-bot for Raghavendra K T <tipbot@zytor.com>
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	konrad.wilk@oracle.com, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, gleb@redhat.com,
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	pbonzini@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de, linux@eikelenboom.it
Subject: [tip:core/locking] x86/locking/kconfig: Update paravirt spinlock Kconfig description
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 06:50:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-4c4e4f61368164f326fe59e2156c70d7faa72c17@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1382371508-3843-1-git-send-email-raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Commit-ID:  4c4e4f61368164f326fe59e2156c70d7faa72c17
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/4c4e4f61368164f326fe59e2156c70d7faa72c17
Author:     Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 21:35:08 +0530
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 12:23:22 +0200

x86/locking/kconfig: Update paravirt spinlock Kconfig description

Since the paravirt spinlock optimizations went into the v3.12 kernel
we have a very good performance benefit for paravirtualized KVM / Xen
kernels. Also we no longer suffer from 5% side effect on native
kernel that is mentioned in the Kconfig entry.

So update the Kconfig entry accordingly.

pvspinlock benefit on KVM link:

  https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/6/178

Attilio's tests on native kernel impact:

  http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2012/05/11/benchmarking-the-new-pv-ticketlock-implementation/

Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Cc: <linux@eikelenboom.it>
Cc: <gleb@redhat.com>
Cc: <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1382371508-3843-1-git-send-email-raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com
[ Updated the changelog. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index ee2fb9d..a92572d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -638,10 +638,10 @@ config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
 	  spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
 	  (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
 
-	  Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
-	  native kernels, with various workloads.
+	  It has a minimal impact on native kernels and gives a nice performance
+	  benefit on paravirtualized KVM / Xen kernels.
 
-	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
+	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y.
 
 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
 

      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-10-26 13:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-21 16:05 [PATCH] x86 kconfig: Add recommendation to enable paravirt spinlock Raghavendra K T
2013-10-21 16:30 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-10-26 13:50 ` tip-bot for Raghavendra K T [this message]

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