linux-kernel - [tip:x86/spinlocks] xen, pvticketlocks: Add xen_nopvspin parameter to disable xen pv ticketlocks

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Date:	Thu, 8 Aug 2013 16:19:58 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Jeremy Fitzhardinge <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com, jeremy@...p.org,
	raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hpa@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/spinlocks] xen, pvticketlocks:
  Add xen_nopvspin parameter to disable xen pv ticketlocks

Commit-ID:  9f091fd2047dc4f9cc512e88f818786274fa646f
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/9f091fd2047dc4f9cc512e88f818786274fa646f
Author:     Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 17:12:24 +0530
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 16:06:42 -0700

xen, pvticketlocks: Add xen_nopvspin parameter to disable xen pv ticketlocks

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130806114224.20643.9099.sendpatchset@codeblue.in.ibm.com
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index a458729..669a971 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ void xen_uninit_lock_cpu(int cpu)
 	per_cpu(irq_name, cpu) = NULL;
 }
 
+static bool xen_pvspin __initdata = true;
+
 void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -253,10 +255,22 @@ void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
 	if (xen_hvm_domain())
 		return;
 
+	if (!xen_pvspin) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "xen: PV spinlocks disabled\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning = xen_lock_spinning;
 	pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick = xen_unlock_kick;
 }
 
+static __init int xen_parse_nopvspin(char *arg)
+{
+	xen_pvspin = false;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("xen_nopvspin", xen_parse_nopvspin);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS
 
 static struct dentry *d_spin_debug;
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