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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-01 10:01:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-01 10:01:39 +0200 |
| commit | 23db9f430be9325a861c7762c1ffadad9ca528a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ebb681611c96f17aa4f96e28d6923824a8b210f /arch/x86/Kconfig | |
| parent | 27b9613b7be39412775d0ab80f57229aa73bb07d (diff) | |
| parent | 3218911f839b6c85acbf872ad264ea69aa4d89ad (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core
Merge reason: merge almost-rc8 into perfcounters/core, which was -rc6
based - to pick up the latest upstream fixes.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 32ada97c964..cfd78c87a57 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -498,6 +498,19 @@ 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 |