FYI, we noticed the below changes on https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux.git x86 commit 948736c41795c2c74cf0681600ebdacdaa76cd54 ("x86 tsc: Use Sklake CPUID to distinguish cpu_khz and tsc_khz") We found following new message in kernel log after your commit. [ 0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration failed [ 0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration failed [ 0.000000] tsc: PIT calibration deviates from HPET: 2364274 2693481 [ 0.000000] tsc: PIT calibration deviates from HPET: 2364274 2693481 [ 0.000000] tsc: Using PIT calibration value [ 0.000000] tsc: Using PIT calibration value [ 0.000000] tsc: Detected 2364.274 MHz processor [ 0.000000] tsc: Detected 2364.274 MHz processor Thanks, Ying Huang