x86/tsc: Set TSC_KNOWN_FREQ and TSC_RELIABLE flags on Intel Atom SoCs

TSC on Intel Atom SoCs capable of determining TSC frequency by MSR is
reliable and the frequency is known (provided by HW).

On these platforms PIT/HPET is generally not available so calibration won't
work at all and there is no other clocksource to act as a watchdog for the
TSC, so we have no other choice than to trust it.

Set both X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ and X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE flags to
make sure the calibration is skipped and no watchdog is required.

Signed-off-by: Bin Gao <bin.gao@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479241644-234277-5-git-send-email-bin.gao@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c
index 0fe720d64fef..19afdbd7d0a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c
@@ -100,5 +100,24 @@ unsigned long cpu_khz_from_msr(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 	lapic_timer_frequency = (freq * 1000) / HZ;
 #endif
+
+	/*
+	 * TSC frequency determined by MSR is always considered "known"
+	 * because it is reported by HW.
+	 * Another fact is that on MSR capable platforms, PIT/HPET is
+	 * generally not available so calibration won't work at all.
+	 */
+	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ);
+
+	/*
+	 * Unfortunately there is no way for hardware to tell whether the
+	 * TSC is reliable.  We were told by silicon design team that TSC
+	 * on Atom SoCs are always "reliable". TSC is also the only
+	 * reliable clocksource on these SoCs (HPET is either not present
+	 * or not functional) so mark TSC reliable which removes the
+	 * requirement for a watchdog clocksource.
+	 */
+	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE);
+
 	return res;
 }