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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 2/6] powerpc: pSeries/Kconfig: Add qspinlock build config
On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 10:19:22AM -0500, Pan Xinhui wrote:
> pSeries/powerNV will use qspinlock from now on.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> index bec90fb..8a87d06 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig

Why here? Not arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig?

> @@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ config PPC_PSERIES
> select PPC_DOORBELL
> default y
>
> +config ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
> + default y
> + bool "Enable qspinlock"

I think you just enable qspinlock by default for all PPC platforms. I
guess you need to put

depends on PPC_PSERIES || PPC_POWERNV

here to achieve what you mean in you commit message.

Regards,
Boqun

> + 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 PPC_SPLPAR
> depends on PPC_PSERIES
> bool "Support for shared-processor logical partitions"
> --
> 2.4.11
>
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