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2015 Apr 30
0
[PATCH 3/6] x86: introduce new pvops function clear_slowpath
...id __ticket_clear_slowpath(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
+ __ticket_t head)
+{
+ PVOP_VCALL2(pv_lock_ops.clear_slowpath, lock, head);
+}
+
+void pv_lock_activate(void);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index f7b0b5c..3432713 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ typedef u16 __ticket_t;
struct pv_lock_ops {
struct paravirt_callee_save lock_spinning;
void (*unlock_kick)(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t ticket);
+ void (*clear...
2015 Apr 30
12
[PATCH 0/6] x86: reduce paravirtualized spinlock overhead
Paravirtualized spinlocks produce some overhead even if the kernel is
running on bare metal. The main reason are the more complex locking
and unlocking functions. Especially unlocking is no longer just one
instruction but so complex that it is no longer inlined.
This patch series addresses this issue by adding two more pvops
functions to reduce the size of the inlined spinlock functions. When
2015 Apr 30
12
[PATCH 0/6] x86: reduce paravirtualized spinlock overhead
Paravirtualized spinlocks produce some overhead even if the kernel is
running on bare metal. The main reason are the more complex locking
and unlocking functions. Especially unlocking is no longer just one
instruction but so complex that it is no longer inlined.
This patch series addresses this issue by adding two more pvops
functions to reduce the size of the inlined spinlock functions. When