x86, tsc: Skip TSC synchronization checks for tsc=reliable
authorSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Fri, 4 Nov 2011 22:42:17 +0000 (15:42 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 5 Dec 2011 17:00:31 +0000 (18:00 +0100)
commit28a00184be261e3dc152ba0d664a067bbe235b6a
tree9c56ce8c758a244173c9b0016cac43f45609d4ed
parent8e8da023f5af71662867729db5547dc54786093c
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>
arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c