[patch/s390 32/46] kernel: Disable switch_amode by default

From: Martin Schwidefsky
Date: Wed Feb 25 2009 - 10:22:34 EST


From: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx>

Disable switch_amode by default because pagetable walk on pre z9
hardware has negative performance impact.

Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

arch/s390/kernel/setup.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

Index: quilt-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
===================================================================
--- quilt-2.6.orig/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ quilt-2.6/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -301,11 +301,7 @@ static int __init early_parse_mem(char *
early_param("mem", early_parse_mem);

#ifdef CONFIG_S390_SWITCH_AMODE
-#ifdef CONFIG_PGSTE
-unsigned int switch_amode = 1;
-#else
unsigned int switch_amode = 0;
-#endif
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(switch_amode);

static int set_amode_and_uaccess(unsigned long user_amode,

--
blue skies,
Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.

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