[PATCH RFC V5 06/11] xen/pvticketlocks: add xen_nopvspin parameter to disable xen pv ticketlocks

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Date: Wed Oct 12 2011 - 20:53:56 EST


From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index f6133c5..1e21c99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -195,12 +195,26 @@ void xen_uninit_lock_cpu(int cpu)
unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(lock_kicker_irq, cpu), NULL);
}

+static bool xen_pvspin __initdata = true;
+
void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
{
+ 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;
--
1.7.6.4

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