Merge branch 'linus' into irq/numa

Conflicts:
	arch/mips/sibyte/bcm1480/irq.c
	arch/mips/sibyte/sb1250/irq.c

Merge reason: we gathered a few conflicts plus update to latest upstream fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index e03485b2828a..b1d3f60525c0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -492,6 +492,19 @@ config PARAVIRT
           over full virtualization.  However, when run without a hypervisor
           the kernel is theoretically slower and slightly larger.
 
+config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+        bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
+        depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL
+        ---help---
+          Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
+          spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly
+          (for example, block the virtual CPU rather than spinning).
+
+          Unfortunately the downside is an up to 5% performance hit on
+          native kernels, with various workloads.
+
+          If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
+
 config PARAVIRT_CLOCK
         bool
         default n