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From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux.dev, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@broadcom.com>,
	Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@broadcom.com>,
	Broadcom internal kernel review list
	<bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
	xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/6] x86: Cleanups around slow_down_io()
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:26:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260119182632.596369-1-jgross@suse.com> (raw)

While looking at paravirt cleanups I stumbled over slow_down_io() and
the related REALLY_SLOW_IO define.

Do several cleanups, resulting in a deletion of REALLY_SLOW_IO and the
io_delay() paravirt function hook.

Patch 4 is removing the config options for selecting the default delay
mechanism and sets the default to "no delay". This is in preparation of
removing the io_delay() functionality completely, as suggested by Ingo
Molnar.

Patch 5 is adding an additional config option allowing to avoid
building io_delay.c (default is still to build it).

Changes in V2:
- patches 2 and 3 of V1 have been applied
- new patches 4 and 5

Changes in V3:
- rebase to tip/master kernel branch

Changes in V4:
- add patch 1 as prereq patch to the series

Juergen Gross (6):
  x86/irqflags: Fix build failure
  x86/paravirt: Replace io_delay() hook with a bool
  block/floppy: Don't use REALLY_SLOW_IO for delays
  x86/io: Remove REALLY_SLOW_IO handling
  x86/io_delay: Switch io_delay() default mechanism to "none"
  x86/io_delay: Add config option for controlling build of io_delay.

 arch/x86/Kconfig                      |  8 +++
 arch/x86/Kconfig.debug                | 30 ----------
 arch/x86/include/asm/floppy.h         | 31 ++++++++--
 arch/x86/include/asm/io.h             | 19 ++++---
 arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h       |  6 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt-base.h  |  6 ++
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       | 11 ----
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h |  2 -
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile              |  3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vmware.c          |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/io_delay.c            | 81 +--------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                 |  8 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c            |  3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/setup.c               |  4 +-
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c           |  6 +-
 drivers/block/floppy.c                |  2 -
 16 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 159 deletions(-)

-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-01-19 18:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-19 18:26 Juergen Gross [this message]
2026-01-19 18:26 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] x86/paravirt: Replace io_delay() hook with a bool Juergen Gross
2026-02-02 10:27 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] x86: Cleanups around slow_down_io() Juergen Gross
2026-02-09  9:11 ` Juergen Gross
2026-02-09 10:19   ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-11  9:16 ` Juergen Gross

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