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| author | Zhenzhong Duan | 2019-10-23 19:16:23 +0800 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini | 2020-07-08 16:21:57 -0400 |
| commit | 9a3c05e658d4d31b38ef03fe5c17bc2039402ff7 (patch) | |
| tree | a2f7a810b1c5bd4a3e98fec14627ad89bd5a4ae3 /Documentation | |
| parent | 05eee619ed61c8cd89633954d38c4e5653086845 (diff) | |
xen: Mark "xen_nopvspin" parameter obsolete
Map "xen_nopvspin" to "nopvspin", fix stale description of "xen_nopvspin"
as we use qspinlock now.
Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 6a8934ffdaf6..4740d0d9aaa3 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5712,8 +5712,9 @@ panic() code such as dumping handler. xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN] - Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV - optimizations. + Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations. + This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which + has equivalent effect for XEN platform. xen_nopv [X86] Disables the PV optimizations forcing the HVM guest to @@ -5739,7 +5740,7 @@ as generic guest with no PV drivers. Currently support XEN HVM, KVM, HYPER_V and VMWARE guest. - nopvspin [X86,KVM] + nopvspin [X86,XEN,KVM] Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock contention. |