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[PATCH] x86_64: On Intel systems when CPU has C3 don't use TSC

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On Intel systems generally the TSC stops in C3 or deeper,
so don't use it there. Follows similar logic on i386.

This should fix problems on Meroms.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Andi Kleen 2006-07-29 21:42:37 +02:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 260f659b23
commit 0e5f61b00c
1 changed files with 12 additions and 4 deletions
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arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
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@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include <linux/acpi.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
#include <acpi/achware.h> /* for PM timer frequency */
#include <acpi/acpi_bus.h>
#endif
#include <asm/8253pit.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
@ -953,11 +954,18 @@ __cpuinit int unsynchronized_tsc(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
if (apic_is_clustered_box())
return 1;
/* Intel systems are normally all synchronized. Exceptions
are handled in the check above. */
if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
return 0;
#endif
/* Most intel systems have synchronized TSCs except for
multi node systems */
if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
/* But TSC doesn't tick in C3 so don't use it there */
if (acpi_fadt.length > 0 && acpi_fadt.plvl3_lat < 100)
return 1;
#endif
return 0;
}
/* Assume multi socket systems are not synchronized */
return num_present_cpus() > 1;
}