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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 96 |
2 files changed, 96 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index d6496fde6180..f3dc951e949f 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2461,12 +2461,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file to facilitate early boot debugging. See also Documentation/trace/events.txt - tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC. + tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC. Format: <string> [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this - disables clocksource verification at runtime. - Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older - hardware, and in virtualized environment. + disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well + as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable + high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in + virtualized environment. [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting. Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c index 0c40d8b72416..356a0d455cf9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c @@ -872,6 +872,9 @@ __cpuinit int unsynchronized_tsc(void) if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC)) return 0; + + if (tsc_clocksource_reliable) + return 0; /* * Intel systems are normally all synchronized. * Exceptions must mark TSC as unstable: @@ -879,14 +882,92 @@ __cpuinit int unsynchronized_tsc(void) if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL) { /* assume multi socket systems are not synchronized: */ if (num_possible_cpus() > 1) - tsc_unstable = 1; + return 1; } - return tsc_unstable; + return 0; +} + + +static void tsc_refine_calibration_work(struct work_struct *work); +static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(tsc_irqwork, tsc_refine_calibration_work); +/** + * tsc_refine_calibration_work - Further refine tsc freq calibration + * @work - ignored. + * + * This functions uses delayed work over a period of a + * second to further refine the TSC freq value. Since this is + * timer based, instead of loop based, we don't block the boot + * process while this longer calibration is done. + * + * If there are any calibration anomolies (too many SMIs, etc), + * or the refined calibration is off by 1% of the fast early + * calibration, we throw out the new calibration and use the + * early calibration. + */ +static void tsc_refine_calibration_work(struct work_struct *work) +{ + static u64 tsc_start = -1, ref_start; + static int hpet; + u64 tsc_stop, ref_stop, delta; + unsigned long freq; + + /* Don't bother refining TSC on unstable systems */ + if (check_tsc_unstable()) + goto out; + + /* + * Since the work is started early in boot, we may be + * delayed the first time we expire. So set the workqueue + * again once we know timers are working. + */ + if (tsc_start == -1) { + /* + * Only set hpet once, to avoid mixing hardware + * if the hpet becomes enabled later. + */ + hpet = is_hpet_enabled(); + schedule_delayed_work(&tsc_irqwork, HZ); + tsc_start = tsc_read_refs(&ref_start, hpet); + return; + } + + tsc_stop = tsc_read_refs(&ref_stop, hpet); + + /* hpet or pmtimer available ? */ + if (!hpet && !ref_start && !ref_stop) + goto out; + + /* Check, whether the sampling was disturbed by an SMI */ + if (tsc_start == ULLONG_MAX || tsc_stop == ULLONG_MAX) + goto out; + + delta = tsc_stop - tsc_start; + delta *= 1000000LL; + if (hpet) + freq = calc_hpet_ref(delta, ref_start, ref_stop); + else + freq = calc_pmtimer_ref(delta, ref_start, ref_stop); + + /* Make sure we're within 1% */ + if (abs(tsc_khz - freq) > tsc_khz/100) + goto out; + + tsc_khz = freq; + printk(KERN_INFO "Refined TSC clocksource calibration: " + "%lu.%03lu MHz.\n", (unsigned long)tsc_khz / 1000, + (unsigned long)tsc_khz % 1000); + +out: + clocksource_register_khz(&clocksource_tsc, tsc_khz); } -static void __init init_tsc_clocksource(void) + +static int __init init_tsc_clocksource(void) { + if (!cpu_has_tsc || tsc_disabled > 0) + return 0; + if (tsc_clocksource_reliable) clocksource_tsc.flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY; /* lower the rating if we already know its unstable: */ @@ -894,8 +975,14 @@ static void __init init_tsc_clocksource(void) clocksource_tsc.rating = 0; clocksource_tsc.flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS; } - clocksource_register_khz(&clocksource_tsc, tsc_khz); + schedule_delayed_work(&tsc_irqwork, 0); + return 0; } +/* + * We use device_initcall here, to ensure we run after the hpet + * is fully initialized, which may occur at fs_initcall time. + */ +device_initcall(init_tsc_clocksource); void __init tsc_init(void) { @@ -949,6 +1036,5 @@ void __init tsc_init(void) mark_tsc_unstable("TSCs unsynchronized"); check_system_tsc_reliable(); - init_tsc_clocksource(); } |