1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/iSeries_setup.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/iSeries_setup.c
index da20120f2261..6d06eb550a3f 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/iSeries_setup.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/iSeries_setup.c
@@ -852,6 +852,28 @@ static int __init iSeries_src_init(void)
 
 late_initcall(iSeries_src_init);
 
+static int set_spread_lpevents(char *str)
+{
+        unsigned long i;
+        unsigned long val = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
+
+        /*
+         * The parameter is the number of processors to share in processing
+         * lp events.
+         */
+        if (( val > 0) && (val <= NR_CPUS)) {
+                for (i = 1; i < val; ++i)
+                        paca[i].lpqueue_ptr = paca[0].lpqueue_ptr;
+
+                printk("lpevent processing spread over %ld processors\n", val);
+        } else {
+                printk("invalid spread_lpevents %ld\n", val);
+        }
+
+        return 1;
+}
+__setup("spread_lpevents=", set_spread_lpevents);
+
 void __init iSeries_early_setup(void)
 {
         iSeries_fixup_klimit();