x86/tsc: Add X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ flag
authorBin Gao <bin.gao@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:27:21 +0000 (12:27 -0800)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:58:30 +0000 (10:58 +0100)
commit47c95a46d0fae07762f0a38aa3709ae63f307048
tree83135dd256323d7d8d8c8108db7353cbe79d452f
parenta25f0944ba9b1d8a6813fd6f1a86f1bd59ac25a6
x86/tsc: Add X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ flag

The X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE flag in Linux kernel implies both reliable
(at runtime) and trustable (at calibration). But reliable running and
trustable calibration independent of each other.

Add a new flag X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ, which denotes that the frequency
is known (via MSR/CPUID). This flag is only meant to skip the long term
calibration on systems which have a known frequency.

Add X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ to the skip the delayed calibration and
leave X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE in place.

After converting the existing users of X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE to use
either both flags or just X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ we can seperate the
functionality.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Bin Gao <bin.gao@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479241644-234277-2-git-send-email-bin.gao@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c