[PATCH v9 5/6] powerpc: pSeries: Add pv-qspinlock build config/make

Pan Xinhui xinhui.pan at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Dec 7 05:09:26 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 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



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