x86, tsc: Skip TSC synchronization checks for tsc=reliable

tsc=reliable boot parameter is supposed to skip all the TSC
stablility checks during boot time.

On a 8-socket system where we want to run an experiment with the
"tsc=reliable" boot option, TSC synchronization checks are not
getting skipped and marking the TSC as not stable.

Check for tsc_clocksource_reliable (which is set via
tsc=reliable or for platforms supporting synthetic TSC_RELIABLE
feature bit etc) and when set, skip the TSC synchronization
tests during boot.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1320446537.15071.14.camel@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
index 83e2efd..15d9915 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ extern int unsynchronized_tsc(void);
 extern int check_tsc_unstable(void);
 extern unsigned long native_calibrate_tsc(void);
 
+extern int tsc_clocksource_reliable;
+
 /*
  * Boot-time check whether the TSCs are synchronized across
  * all CPUs/cores:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index db48336..eee4651 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int __read_mostly tsc_unstable;
    erroneous rdtsc usage on !cpu_has_tsc processors */
 static int __read_mostly tsc_disabled = -1;
 
-static int tsc_clocksource_reliable;
+int tsc_clocksource_reliable;
 /*
  * Scheduler clock - returns current time in nanosec units.
  */

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
index 0aa5fed..9eba29b 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void __cpuinit check_tsc_sync_source(int cpu)
        if (unsynchronized_tsc())
                return;
 
-       if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE)) {
+       if (tsc_clocksource_reliable) {
                if (cpu == (nr_cpu_ids-1) || system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING)
                        pr_info(
                        "Skipped synchronization checks as TSC is reliable.\n");
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void __cpuinit check_tsc_sync_target(void)
 {
        int cpus = 2;
 
-       if (unsynchronized_tsc() || boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE))
+       if (unsynchronized_tsc() || tsc_clocksource_reliable)
                return;
 
        /*