From 8c9b9d87b855226a823b41a77a05f42324497603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 15:09:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] x86/tsc: Limit the adjust value further Adjust value 0x80000000 and other values larger than that render the TSC deadline timer disfunctional. We have not yet any information about this from Intel, but experimentation clearly proves that this is a 32/64 bit and sign extension issue. If adjust values larger than that are actually required, which might be the case for physical CPU hotplug, then we need to disable the deadline timer on the affected package/CPUs and use the local APIC timer instead. That requires some surgery in the APIC setup code, so we just limit the ADJUST register value into the known to work range for now and revisit this when Intel comes forth with proper information. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Roland Scheidegger Cc: Bruce Schlobohm Cc: Kevin Stanton Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Borislav Petkov --- arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c index 1d8508f..d0db011 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c @@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ static void tsc_sanitize_first_cpu(struct tsc_adjust *cur, s64 bootval, * the TSC is in sync with the already running cpus. * * But we always force positive ADJUST values. Otherwise the TSC - * deadline timer creates an interrupt storm. Sigh! + * deadline timer creates an interrupt storm. We also have to + * prevent values > 0x7FFFFFFF as those wreckage the timer as well. */ - if ((bootcpu && bootval != 0) || (!bootcpu && bootval < 0)) { + if ((bootcpu && bootval != 0) || (!bootcpu && bootval < 0) || + (bootval > 0x7FFFFFFF)) { pr_warn(FW_BUG "TSC ADJUST: CPU%u: %lld force to 0\n", cpu, bootval); wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, 0); @@ -448,13 +450,22 @@ retry: * that the warp is not longer detectable when the observed warp * value is used. In the worst case the adjustment needs to go * through a 3rd run for fine tuning. - * - * But we must make sure that the value doesn't become negative - * otherwise TSC deadline timer will create an interrupt storm. */ cur->adjusted += cur_max_warp; + + /* + * TSC deadline timer stops working or creates an interrupt storm + * with adjust values < 0 and > x07ffffff. + * + * To allow adjust values > 0x7FFFFFFF we need to disable the + * deadline timer and use the local APIC timer, but that requires + * more intrusive changes and we do not have any useful information + * from Intel about the underlying HW wreckage yet. + */ if (cur->adjusted < 0) cur->adjusted = 0; + if (cur->adjusted > 0x7FFFFFFF) + cur->adjusted = 0x7FFFFFFF; pr_warn("TSC ADJUST compensate: CPU%u observed %lld warp. Adjust: %lld\n", cpu, cur_max_warp, cur->adjusted); -- 2.7.4