[PATCH v9 2/6] powerpc: platforms/Kconfig: Add qspinlock build config

From: Pan Xinhui
Date: Tue Dec 06 2016 - 08:13:39 EST


pSeries/powerNV will use qspinlock from now on.

Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
index fbdae83..3559bbf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ source "arch/powerpc/platforms/44x/Kconfig"
source "arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Kconfig"
source "arch/powerpc/platforms/amigaone/Kconfig"

+config ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
+ depends on PPC_PSERIES || PPC_POWERNV
+ bool "Enable qspinlock"
+ default y
+ help
+ Enabling this option will let kernel use qspinlock which is a kind of
+ fairlock. It has shown a good performance improvement on x86 and also
+ ppc especially in high contention cases.
+
config KVM_GUEST
bool "KVM Guest support"
default n
--
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