Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2013-Sep-25 14:09 UTC
[PATCH] xen/spinlock: Document the xen_nopvspin parameter.
Which disables in the ticketlock slowpath the Xen PV optimization''s. Useful for diagnosing issues and comparing benchmarks in over-commit CPU scenarios. Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 7f9d4f5..b958912 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3412,6 +3412,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. the unplug protocol never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds + xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN] + Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV + optimizations. + xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA] Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]] -- 1.8.3.1