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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 3fae23834069..15b5e98a86f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ static void __init cyc2ns_init_boot_cpu(void)
/*
* Secondary CPUs do not run through tsc_init(), so set up
* all the scale factors for all CPUs, assuming the same
- * speed as the bootup CPU. (cpufreq notifiers will fix this
- * up if their speed diverges)
+ * speed as the bootup CPU.
*/
static void __init cyc2ns_init_secondary_cpus(void)
{
@@ -283,6 +282,7 @@ int __init notsc_setup(char *str)
__setup("notsc", notsc_setup);
static int no_sched_irq_time;
+static int no_tsc_watchdog;
static int __init tsc_setup(char *str)
{
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ static int __init tsc_setup(char *str)
no_sched_irq_time = 1;
if (!strcmp(str, "unstable"))
mark_tsc_unstable("boot parameter");
+ if (!strcmp(str, "nowatchdog"))
+ no_tsc_watchdog = 1;
return 1;
}
@@ -937,12 +939,12 @@ void tsc_restore_sched_clock_state(void)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
-/* Frequency scaling support. Adjust the TSC based timer when the cpu frequency
+/*
+ * Frequency scaling support. Adjust the TSC based timer when the CPU frequency
* changes.
*
- * RED-PEN: On SMP we assume all CPUs run with the same frequency. It's
- * not that important because current Opteron setups do not support
- * scaling on SMP anyroads.
+ * NOTE: On SMP the situation is not fixable in general, so simply mark the TSC
+ * as unstable and give up in those cases.
*
* Should fix up last_tsc too. Currently gettimeofday in the
* first tick after the change will be slightly wrong.
@@ -956,22 +958,22 @@ static int time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
void *data)
{
struct cpufreq_freqs *freq = data;
- unsigned long *lpj;
- lpj = &boot_cpu_data.loops_per_jiffy;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
- if (!(freq->flags & CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS))
- lpj = &cpu_data(freq->cpu).loops_per_jiffy;
-#endif
+ if (num_online_cpus() > 1) {
+ mark_tsc_unstable("cpufreq changes on SMP");
+ return 0;
+ }
if (!ref_freq) {
ref_freq = freq->old;
- loops_per_jiffy_ref = *lpj;
+ loops_per_jiffy_ref = boot_cpu_data.loops_per_jiffy;
tsc_khz_ref = tsc_khz;
}
+
if ((val == CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE && freq->old < freq->new) ||
- (val == CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE && freq->old > freq->new)) {
- *lpj = cpufreq_scale(loops_per_jiffy_ref, ref_freq, freq->new);
+ (val == CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE && freq->old > freq->new)) {
+ boot_cpu_data.loops_per_jiffy =
+ cpufreq_scale(loops_per_jiffy_ref, ref_freq, freq->new);
tsc_khz = cpufreq_scale(tsc_khz_ref, ref_freq, freq->new);
if (!(freq->flags & CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS))
@@ -1349,7 +1351,7 @@ static int __init init_tsc_clocksource(void)
if (tsc_unstable)
goto unreg;
- if (tsc_clocksource_reliable)
+ if (tsc_clocksource_reliable || no_tsc_watchdog)
clocksource_tsc.flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY;
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC_S3))