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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index c9086e6307a..a6efe0a2e9a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ config SPARSE_IRQ config NUMA_MIGRATE_IRQ_DESC bool "Move irq desc when changing irq smp_affinity" depends on SPARSE_IRQ && NUMA + depends on BROKEN default n ---help--- This enables moving irq_desc to cpu/node that irq will use handled. @@ -497,6 +498,19 @@ config PARAVIRT over full virtualization. However, when run without a hypervisor the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger. +config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS + bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks" + depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL + ---help--- + Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the + spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly + (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning). + + Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on + native kernels, with various workloads. + + If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. + config PARAVIRT_CLOCK bool default n @@ -664,6 +678,7 @@ config MAXSMP config NR_CPUS int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP + range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP default "1" if !SMP default "4096" if MAXSMP |