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| author | Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com> | 2023-12-20 17:00:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org> | 2023-12-30 11:26:04 +0530 |
| commit | fdf68acccfc6af9497c34ee411d89af13b6516ed (patch) | |
| tree | 480f14b82e359f2646221f3e0caa2dc1ef5dccfa /arch/riscv/Kconfig | |
| parent | 6cfc624576a64145b1d6d3d48de7161a7505f403 (diff) | |
RISC-V: paravirt: Implement steal-time support
When the SBI STA extension exists we can use it to implement
paravirt steal-time support. Fill in the empty pv-time functions
with an SBI STA implementation and add the Kconfig knobs allowing
it to be enabled.
Acked-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com>
Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/riscv/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/riscv/Kconfig | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig index 24c1799e2ec4..ef8b7b012a0b 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig @@ -724,6 +724,25 @@ config COMPAT If you want to execute 32-bit userspace applications, say Y. +config PARAVIRT + bool "Enable paravirtualization code" + depends on RISCV_SBI + help + This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run + under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly + over full virtualization. + +config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING + bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting" + depends on PARAVIRT + help + Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time + accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with + the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for + that, there can be a small performance impact. + + If in doubt, say N here. + config RELOCATABLE bool "Build a relocatable kernel" depends on MMU && 64BIT && !XIP_KERNEL |