Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 2 authors, 2016-05-27

[PATCH v3 6/6] powerpc: pseries: Add pv-qspinlock build config/make

From: Pan Xinhui <hidden>
Date: 2016-05-25 08:22:16
Also in: lkml, virtualization
Subsystem: linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers: Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Linus Torvalds

pseries has PowerVM support, the default option is Y.

Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <redacted>
---
 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 2da380f..ae7c2f1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_970_NAP)	+= idle_power4.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_P7_NAP)	+= idle_power7.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 f669323..46632e4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -128,3 +128,11 @@ config HV_PERF_CTRS
 	  systems. 24x7 is available on Power 8 systems.
 
           If unsure, select Y.
+
+config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+	bool "Paravirtialization support for qspinlock"
+	depends on PPC_SPLPAR && QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
+	default y
+	help
+	  If platform supports virtualization, for example PowerVM, this option
+	  can let guest have a better performace.
-- 
1.9.1
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