[PATCH v8 5/6] powerpc: pSeries: Add pv-qspinlock build config/make
Pan Xinhui
xinhui.pan at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Dec 6 02:19:25 AEDT 2016
pSeries run as a guest and might need pv-qspinlock.
Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan at 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 8a87d06..0288c78 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ config ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
fairlock. It has shown a good performance improvement on x86 and also ppc
especially in high contention cases.
+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 PPC_SPLPAR
depends on PPC_PSERIES
bool "Support for shared-processor logical partitions"
--
2.4.11
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