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Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 8 |
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 14dc9c797abb..6e3e1cb3f6a0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -635,10 +635,10 @@ config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS 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. + It has a minimal impact on native kernels and gives a nice performance + benefit on paravirtualized KVM / Xen kernels. - If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. + If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y. source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig" diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index 15e8563e5c24..df94598ad05a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -402,17 +402,6 @@ void alternatives_enable_smp(void) { struct smp_alt_module *mod; -#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP - /* - * Older binutils section handling bug prevented - * alternatives-replacement from working reliably. - * - * If this still occurs then you should see a hang - * or crash shortly after this line: - */ - pr_info("lockdep: fixing up alternatives\n"); -#endif - /* Why bother if there are no other CPUs? */ BUG_ON(num_possible_cpus() == 1); diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c index 72074d528400..2ada505067cc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c +++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ notrace static int __always_inline do_realtime(struct timespec *ts) ts->tv_nsec = 0; do { - seq = read_seqcount_begin(>od->seq); + seq = read_seqcount_begin_no_lockdep(>od->seq); mode = gtod->clock.vclock_mode; ts->tv_sec = gtod->wall_time_sec; ns = gtod->wall_time_snsec; @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ notrace static int do_monotonic(struct timespec *ts) ts->tv_nsec = 0; do { - seq = read_seqcount_begin(>od->seq); + seq = read_seqcount_begin_no_lockdep(>od->seq); mode = gtod->clock.vclock_mode; ts->tv_sec = gtod->monotonic_time_sec; ns = gtod->monotonic_time_snsec; @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ notrace static int do_realtime_coarse(struct timespec *ts) { unsigned long seq; do { - seq = read_seqcount_begin(>od->seq); + seq = read_seqcount_begin_no_lockdep(>od->seq); ts->tv_sec = gtod->wall_time_coarse.tv_sec; ts->tv_nsec = gtod->wall_time_coarse.tv_nsec; } while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(>od->seq, seq))); @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ notrace static int do_monotonic_coarse(struct timespec *ts) { unsigned long seq; do { - seq = read_seqcount_begin(>od->seq); + seq = read_seqcount_begin_no_lockdep(>od->seq); ts->tv_sec = gtod->monotonic_time_coarse.tv_sec; ts->tv_nsec = gtod->monotonic_time_coarse.tv_nsec; } while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(>od->seq, seq))); |