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[resend] powerpc: enable qspinlock and its virtualization support

Message ID 5722C834.1030209@linux.vnet.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
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xinhui April 29, 2016, 2:34 a.m. UTC 
On 2016年04月29日 05:07, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 04/28/2016 06:55 AM, Pan Xinhui wrote:
>> From: Pan Xinhui<xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> This patch aims to enable qspinlock on PPC. And on pseries platform, it also support
>> paravirt qspinlock.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui<xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock.h               | 37 +++++++++++++++
>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock_paravirt.h      | 36 +++++++++++++++
>>   .../powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock_paravirt_types.h | 13 ++++++
>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h                | 31 ++++++++-----
>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock_types.h          |  4 ++
>>   arch/powerpc/kernel/paravirt.c                     | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c                           | 32 +++++++++++++
>>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c             |  5 +++
>>   8 files changed, 198 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock.h
>>   create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock_paravirt.h
>>   create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock_paravirt_types.h
>>   create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/kernel/paravirt.c
>>
>>
> 
> This is just an enablement patch. You will also need a patch to activate qspinlock for, at lease, some PPC configs. Right?
> 
yep, I want to enable these config and makefile at last.
it just looks like
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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 bec90fb..46632e4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@  config PPC_PSERIES
 	select HOTPLUG_CPU if SMP
 	select ARCH_RANDOM
 	select PPC_DOORBELL
+	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	default y
 
 config PPC_SPLPAR
@@ -127,3 +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.