From f3a02ecebed7df7d5d68898628dea7a3bfcf03e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bin Gao Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:27:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] x86/tsc: Set TSC_KNOWN_FREQ and TSC_RELIABLE flags on Intel Atom SoCs TSC on Intel Atom SoCs capable of determining TSC frequency by MSR is reliable and the frequency is known (provided by HW). On these platforms PIT/HPET is generally not available so calibration won't work at all and there is no other clocksource to act as a watchdog for the TSC, so we have no other choice than to trust it. Set both X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ and X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE flags to make sure the calibration is skipped and no watchdog is required. Signed-off-by: Bin Gao Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479241644-234277-5-git-send-email-bin.gao@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mfld.c | 9 +++++++-- arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mrfld.c | 8 ++++++-- 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c index 0fe720d64fef..19afdbd7d0a7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c @@ -100,5 +100,24 @@ unsigned long cpu_khz_from_msr(void) #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC lapic_timer_frequency = (freq * 1000) / HZ; #endif + + /* + * TSC frequency determined by MSR is always considered "known" + * because it is reported by HW. + * Another fact is that on MSR capable platforms, PIT/HPET is + * generally not available so calibration won't work at all. + */ + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ); + + /* + * Unfortunately there is no way for hardware to tell whether the + * TSC is reliable. We were told by silicon design team that TSC + * on Atom SoCs are always "reliable". TSC is also the only + * reliable clocksource on these SoCs (HPET is either not present + * or not functional) so mark TSC reliable which removes the + * requirement for a watchdog clocksource. + */ + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE); + return res; } diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mfld.c b/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mfld.c index 1eb47b6298c2..e793fe509971 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mfld.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mfld.c @@ -49,8 +49,13 @@ static unsigned long __init mfld_calibrate_tsc(void) fast_calibrate = ratio * fsb; pr_debug("read penwell tsc %lu khz\n", fast_calibrate); lapic_timer_frequency = fsb * 1000 / HZ; - /* mark tsc clocksource as reliable */ - set_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE); + + /* + * TSC on Intel Atom SoCs is reliable and of known frequency. + * See tsc_msr.c for details. + */ + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ); + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE); return fast_calibrate; } diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mrfld.c b/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mrfld.c index 59253db41bbc..e0607c77a1bd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mrfld.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mrfld.c @@ -78,8 +78,12 @@ static unsigned long __init tangier_calibrate_tsc(void) pr_debug("Setting lapic_timer_frequency = %d\n", lapic_timer_frequency); - /* mark tsc clocksource as reliable */ - set_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE); + /* + * TSC on Intel Atom SoCs is reliable and of known frequency. + * See tsc_msr.c for details. + */ + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ); + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE); return fast_calibrate; } -- 2.20.1