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Re: [PATCH resend] powerpc: enable qspinlock and its virtualization support

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On 04/28/2016 06:55 AM, Pan Xinhui wrote:
> From: Pan Xinhui<xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> This patch aims to enable qspinlock on PPC. And on pseries platform, it also support
> paravirt qspinlock.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui<xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock.h               | 37 +++++++++++++++
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock_paravirt.h      | 36 +++++++++++++++
>   .../powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock_paravirt_types.h | 13 ++++++
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h                | 31 ++++++++-----
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock_types.h          |  4 ++
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/paravirt.c                     | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>   arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c                           | 32 +++++++++++++
>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c             |  5 +++
>   8 files changed, 198 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock.h
>   create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock_paravirt.h
>   create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/qspinlock_paravirt_types.h
>   create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/kernel/paravirt.c
>
>

This is just an enablement patch. You will also need a patch to activate 
qspinlock for, at lease, some PPC configs. Right?

It has dependency on the pv_wait() patch that I sent out extend the 
parameter list. Some performance data on how PPC system will perform 
with and without qspinlock will also be helpful data points.

Cheers,
Longman

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[PATCH resend] powerpc: enable qspinlock and its virtualization support Pan Xinhui <xinhui@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-04-28 14:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH resend] powerpc: enable qspinlock and its virtualization  support Waiman Long <waiman.long@hpe.com> - 2016-04-28 23:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH resend] powerpc: enable qspinlock and its virtualization  support Pan Xinhui <xinhui@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-04-29 04:40 +0200

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