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From: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com, peterz@infradead.org,
	benh@kernel.crashing.org, boqun.feng@gmail.com,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, mingo@redhat.com,
	paulus@samba.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au, longman@redhat.com,
	paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v9 5/6] powerpc: pSeries: Add pv-qspinlock build config/make
Date: Tue,  6 Dec 2016 13:09:26 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1481047767-60255-6-git-send-email-xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1481047767-60255-1-git-send-email-xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

pSeries run as a guest and might need pv-qspinlock.

Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile           | 1 +
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index 1925341..4780415 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_970_NAP)	+= idle_power4.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_P7_NAP)	+= idle_book3s.o
 procfs-y			:= proc_powerpc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS)		+= $(procfs-y)
+obj-$(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)	+= paravirt.o
 rtaspci-$(CONFIG_PPC64)-$(CONFIG_PCI)	:= rtas_pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_RTAS)		+= rtas.o rtas-rtc.o $(rtaspci-y-y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_RTAS_DAEMON)	+= rtasd.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
index bec90fb..c9cc064 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ config PPC_SPLPAR
 	  processors, that is, which share physical processors between
 	  two or more partitions.
 
+config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+       bool "Paravirtialization support for qspinlock"
+       depends on PPC_SPLPAR && QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
+       default y
+       help
+         If kernel need run as a guest then enable this option.
+         Generally it can let kernel have a better performace.
+
 config DTL
 	bool "Dispatch Trace Log"
 	depends on PPC_SPLPAR && DEBUG_FS
-- 
2.4.11

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-12-06 18:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-06 18:09 [PATCH v9 0/6] Implement qspinlock/pv-qspinlock on ppc Pan Xinhui
2016-12-06 18:09 ` [PATCH v9 1/6] powerpc/qspinlock: powerpc support qspinlock Pan Xinhui
2016-12-06 18:09 ` [PATCH v9 2/6] powerpc: platforms/Kconfig: Add qspinlock build config Pan Xinhui
2016-12-06 18:09 ` [PATCH v9 3/6] powerpc: lib/locks.c: Add cpu yield/wake helper function Pan Xinhui
2016-12-06 18:09 ` [PATCH v9 4/6] powerpc/pv-qspinlock: powerpc support pv-qspinlock Pan Xinhui
2016-12-06 18:09 ` Pan Xinhui [this message]
2016-12-06 18:09 ` [PATCH v9 6/6] powerpc/pv-qspinlock: Optimise native unlock path Pan Xinhui

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