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[v4,4/4] x86/hyperv: Mark "hv_nopvspin" parameter obsolete

Message ID 1570111335-12731-5-git-send-email-zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Add a unified parameter "nopvspin" | expand

Commit Message

Zhenzhong Duan Oct. 3, 2019, 2:02 p.m. UTC
Map "hv_nopvspin" to "nopvspin".

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 +++++-
 arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c                   | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Michael Kelley (LINUX) Oct. 5, 2019, 5:07 p.m. UTC | #1
From: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>  Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 7:02 AM
> 
> Map "hv_nopvspin" to "nopvspin".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 +++++-
>  arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c                   | 4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index df1eacc..08c6d34 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]
+	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..47c7d6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_spinlock.c
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@  __visible bool hv_vcpu_is_preempted(int vcpu)
 
 void __init hv_init_spinlocks(void)
 {
+	if (nopvspin)
+		hv_pvspin = false;
+
 	if (!hv_pvspin || !apic ||
 	    !(ms_hyperv.hints & HV_X64_CLUSTER_IPI_RECOMMENDED) ||
 	    !(ms_hyperv.features & HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_IDLE_AVAILABLE)) {
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@  void __init hv_init_spinlocks(void)
 
 static __init int hv_parse_nopvspin(char *arg)
 {
+	pr_notice("\"hv_nopvspin\" is deprecated, please use \"nopvspin\" instead\n");
 	hv_pvspin = false;
 	return 0;
 }