[PATCH 3/3] x86/hyperv: Mark "hv_nopvspin" parameter obsolete and map it to "nopvspin"

From: Zhenzhong Duan
Date: Mon Sep 30 2019 - 08:17:11 EST


Included asm/hypervisor.h in order to reference x86_hyper_type.

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@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 | 6 +++++-
arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c | 9 +++++----
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 1f0a62f..43f922c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1436,6 +1436,10 @@
hv_nopvspin [X86,HYPER_V] Disables the paravirt spinlock optimizations
which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the
guest on lock contention.
+ This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin"
+ parameter, which has equivalent effect for
+ HYPER_V platform.
+

keep_bootcon [KNL]
Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only
@@ -5331,7 +5335,7 @@
as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support
XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest.

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

diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c
index 07f21a0..00c2902 100644
--- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@

#include <linux/spinlock.h>

+#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
#include <asm/mshyperv.h>
#include <asm/paravirt.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>

-static bool __initdata hv_pvspin = true;
-
static void hv_qlock_kick(int cpu)
{
apic->send_IPI(cpu, X86_PLATFORM_IPI_VECTOR);
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ __visible bool hv_vcpu_is_preempted(int vcpu)

void __init hv_init_spinlocks(void)
{
- if (!hv_pvspin || !apic ||
+ if (!pvspin || !apic ||
!(ms_hyperv.hints & HV_X64_CLUSTER_IPI_RECOMMENDED) ||
!(ms_hyperv.features & HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE_AVAILABLE)) {
pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled\n");
@@ -82,7 +81,9 @@ void __init hv_init_spinlocks(void)

static __init int hv_parse_nopvspin(char *arg)
{
- hv_pvspin = false;
+ pr_notice("\"hv_nopvspin\" is deprecated, please use \"nopvspin\" instead\n");
+ if (x86_hyper_type != X86_HYPER_MS_HYPERV)
+ pvspin = false;
return 0;
}
early_param("hv_nopvspin", hv_parse_nopvspin);
--
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