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-rw-r--r--drivers/pci/Kconfig25
-rw-r--r--drivers/pci/pci-driver.c11
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
index 4d762fc4878..c27e782e6df 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,31 @@ config PCI_MSI
If you don't know what to do here, say N.
+config PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
+ bool "PCI Multi-threaded probe (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
+ help
+ Say Y here if you want the PCI core to spawn a new thread for
+ every PCI device that is probed. This can cause a huge
+ speedup in boot times on multiprocessor machines, and even a
+ smaller speedup on single processor machines.
+
+ But it can also cause lots of bad things to happen. A number
+ of PCI drivers can not properly handle running in this way,
+ some will just not work properly at all, while others might
+ decide to blow up power supplies with a huge load all at once,
+ so use this option at your own risk.
+
+ It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a
+ boot process that can handle devices being created in any
+ order. A program that can create persistant block and network
+ device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use
+ this option.
+
+ Again, use this option at your own risk, you have been warned!
+
+ When in doubt, say N.
+
config PCI_DEBUG
bool "PCI Debugging"
depends on PCI && DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index 8948ac9ab68..d8ace1f90dd 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
* Registration of PCI drivers and handling of hot-pluggable devices.
*/
+/* multithreaded probe logic */
+static int pci_multithread_probe =
+#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE
+ 1;
+#else
+ 0;
+#endif
+__module_param_call("", pci_multithread_probe, param_set_bool, param_get_bool, &pci_multithread_probe, 0644);
+
+
/*
* Dynamic device IDs are disabled for !CONFIG_HOTPLUG
*/
@@ -408,6 +418,7 @@ int __pci_register_driver(struct pci_driver *drv, struct module *owner)
drv->driver.bus = &pci_bus_type;
drv->driver.owner = owner;
drv->driver.kobj.ktype = &pci_driver_kobj_type;
+ drv->driver.multithread_probe = pci_multithread_probe;
spin_lock_init(&drv->dynids.lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&drv->dynids.list);