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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-01 21:06:21 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-06-01 21:06:21 +0200
commit3d58f48ba05caed9118bce62b3047f8683438835 (patch)
tree94c911034f0e14ded73d3e9e6e9f8e22b6cad822 /arch/x86/Kconfig
parentabfe0af9813153bae8c85d9bac966bafcb8ddab1 (diff)
parentd9244b5d2fbfe9fa540024b410047af13ceec90f (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into irq/numa
Conflicts: arch/mips/sibyte/bcm1480/irq.c arch/mips/sibyte/sb1250/irq.c Merge reason: we gathered a few conflicts plus update to latest upstream fixes. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@@ -492,6 +492,19 @@ config PARAVIRT
over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor
the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
+config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+ bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
+ depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL
+ ---help---
+ Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
+ spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
+ (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
+
+ Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
+ native kernels, with various workloads.
+
+ If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
+
config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
bool
default n