From 9a3c05e658d4d31b38ef03fe5c17bc2039402ff7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zhenzhong Duan Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:16:23 +0800 Subject: 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 Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Boris Ostrovsky Cc: Juergen Gross Cc: Stefano Stabellini Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3