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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-02-14 07:29:14 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-02-14 07:29:14 +0100
commit210f400d68a14bc89e2e61dc2e06cdd67cfeb5f6 (patch)
tree2098a7db539f0e92676d8d953002db3cc8eb03b8 /arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
parentf2029b1e47b607619d1dd2cb0bbb77f64ec6b7c2 (diff)
parent7089db84e356562f8ba737c29e472cc42d530dbc (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.10-rc8' into perf/core, to pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c16
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
index d0db011051a5..728f75378475 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
@@ -286,13 +286,6 @@ void check_tsc_sync_source(int cpu)
if (unsynchronized_tsc())
return;
- if (tsc_clocksource_reliable) {
- if (cpu == (nr_cpu_ids-1) || system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING)
- pr_info(
- "Skipped synchronization checks as TSC is reliable.\n");
- return;
- }
-
/*
* Set the maximum number of test runs to
* 1 if the CPU does not provide the TSC_ADJUST MSR
@@ -380,14 +373,19 @@ void check_tsc_sync_target(void)
int cpus = 2;
/* Also aborts if there is no TSC. */
- if (unsynchronized_tsc() || tsc_clocksource_reliable)
+ if (unsynchronized_tsc())
return;
/*
* Store, verify and sanitize the TSC adjust register. If
* successful skip the test.
+ *
+ * The test is also skipped when the TSC is marked reliable. This
+ * is true for SoCs which have no fallback clocksource. On these
+ * SoCs the TSC is frequency synchronized, but still the TSC ADJUST
+ * register might have been wreckaged by the BIOS..
*/
- if (tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(false)) {
+ if (tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(false) || tsc_clocksource_reliable) {
atomic_inc(&skip_test);
return;
}