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

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>

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index e0341c6..7a9b182 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -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;
 }