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    ARM: omap2plus_defconfig: remove PROVE_LOCKING from defconfig · 1531f1b2
    Lukasz Luba authored
    PROVE_LOCKING enables LOCKDEP, which causes big overhead on cache and
    bus transactions.
    
    On some ARM big.LITTLE architecutres (Exynos 5433) the overhead is really big.
    The overhead can be measures using hackbench which will speed up
    by x3 times (11sec -> 3.4sec).
    When you check transaction on cache or buses, the results are way higher
    than normal for the same hackbench test:
    L1d cache invalidations: 26mln vs 4mln
    L2u cache invalidations: 42mln vs 12mln
    bus cyc/access: 30cyc/access vs. 20cyc/access
    context switch is x3 times cheaper
    
    Enable this option only when you have some locking issue to investigate.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLukasz Luba <l.luba@partner.samsung.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
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