[PATCH v2 3/4] xen: Mark "xen_nopvspin" parameter obsolete and map it to "nopvspin"

From: Zhenzhong Duan
Date: Tue Oct 01 2019 - 08:05:16 EST


Fix stale description of "xen_nopvspin" as we use qspinlock now.

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ++++---
arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c | 13 +++++++------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4b956d8..1f0a62f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5303,8 +5303,9 @@
never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds

xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN]
- Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV
- optimizations.
+ Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
+ This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
+ has equivalent effect for XEN platform.

xen_nopv [X86]
Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to
@@ -5330,7 +5331,7 @@
as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.

- nopvspin [X86,KVM] Disables the qspinlock slow path
+ nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM] Disables the qspinlock slow path
using PV optimizations which allow the hypervisor to
'idle' the guest on lock contention.

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index 6deb490..092a53f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, lock_kicker_irq) = -1;
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(char *, irq_name);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, xen_qlock_wait_nest);
-static bool xen_pvspin = true;

static void xen_qlock_kick(int cpu)
{
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ void xen_init_lock_cpu(int cpu)
int irq;
char *name;

- if (!xen_pvspin)
+ if (!pvspin)
return;

WARN(per_cpu(lock_kicker_irq, cpu) >= 0, "spinlock on CPU%d exists on IRQ%d!\n",
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ void xen_init_lock_cpu(int cpu)

void xen_uninit_lock_cpu(int cpu)
{
- if (!xen_pvspin)
+ if (!pvspin)
return;

unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(lock_kicker_irq, cpu), NULL);
@@ -117,9 +116,9 @@ void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)

/* Don't need to use pvqspinlock code if there is only 1 vCPU. */
if (num_possible_cpus() == 1)
- xen_pvspin = false;
+ pvspin = false;

- if (!xen_pvspin) {
+ if (!pvspin) {
printk(KERN_DEBUG "xen: PV spinlocks disabled\n");
static_branch_disable(&virt_spin_lock_key);
return;
@@ -137,7 +136,9 @@ void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)

static __init int xen_parse_nopvspin(char *arg)
{
- xen_pvspin = false;
+ pr_notice("\"xen_nopvspin\" is deprecated, please use \"nopvspin\" instead\n");
+ if (xen_domain())
+ pvspin = false;
return 0;
}
early_param("xen_nopvspin", xen_parse_nopvspin);
--
1.8.3.1