x86/tsc: Append the 'tsc=' description for the 'tsc=unstable' boot parameter
authorDou Liyang <douly.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Mon, 9 Oct 2017 09:03:33 +0000 (17:03 +0800)
committerLukasz Luba <l.luba@partner.samsung.com>
Mon, 10 Sep 2018 08:18:04 +0000 (10:18 +0200)
Commit:

  8309f86cd41e ("x86/tsc: Provide 'tsc=unstable' boot parameter")

added a new 'tsc=unstable' parameter, but didn't document it.

Document it.

Signed-off-by: Dou Liyang <douly.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com>
Cc: <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1507539813-11420-1-git-send-email-douly.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <l.luba@partner.samsung.com>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

index fb385af482ff79db8797f69ffb38f769d9cd40de..4963c2d4be6e67c78a3e43538a9ad8aad45e85d9 100644 (file)
                        Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
                        platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
                        can add overhead.
+                       [x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
+                       marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
+                       avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
 
        turbografx.map[2|3]=    [HW,JOY]
                        TurboGraFX parallel port interface