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authorWill Schmidt <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com>2010-09-28 15:33:12 +0000
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2010-11-29 15:48:18 +1100
commit4e89a2d8e2d5ab33d73b76f16c10fdf515faabef (patch)
tree0300f10bfc192f9e9d8deed50ae857512760f8ab /arch/powerpc
parent475fc7c011ace79258c07d981d348a15614e0573 (diff)
powerpc/pseries: Add kernel parameter to disable batched hcalls
This introduces a pair of kernel parameters that can be used to disable the MULTITCE and BULK_REMOVE h-calls. By default, those hcalls are enabled, active, and good for throughput and performance. The ability to disable them will be useful for some of the PREEMPT_RT related investigation and work occurring on Power. Signed-off-by: Will Schmidt <will_schmidt@vnet.ibm.com> cc: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c14
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c12
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
index a77bcaed80a..fa2906a103d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
@@ -622,3 +622,17 @@ void iommu_init_early_pSeries(void)
set_pci_dma_ops(&dma_iommu_ops);
}
+static int __init disable_multitce(char *str)
+{
+ if (strcmp(str, "off") == 0 &&
+ firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR) &&
+ firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_MULTITCE)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Disabling MULTITCE firmware feature\n");
+ ppc_md.tce_build = tce_build_pSeriesLP;
+ ppc_md.tce_free = tce_free_pSeriesLP;
+ powerpc_firmware_features &= ~FW_FEATURE_MULTITCE;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("multitce=", disable_multitce);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
index f129040d974..5d3ea9f60dd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
@@ -627,6 +627,18 @@ static void pSeries_lpar_flush_hash_range(unsigned long number, int local)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pSeries_lpar_tlbie_lock, flags);
}
+static int __init disable_bulk_remove(char *str)
+{
+ if (strcmp(str, "off") == 0 &&
+ firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_BULK_REMOVE)) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Disabling BULK_REMOVE firmware feature");
+ powerpc_firmware_features &= ~FW_FEATURE_BULK_REMOVE;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("bulk_remove=", disable_bulk_remove);
+
void __init hpte_init_lpar(void)
{
ppc_md.hpte_invalidate = pSeries_lpar_hpte_invalidate;