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From: Bin Gao <bin.gao@linux.intel.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, H Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bin Gao <bin.gao@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] x86/tsc: set TSC_KNOWN_FREQ and TSC_RELIABLE flags on Intel Atom SoCs
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:27:24 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1479241644-234277-5-git-send-email-bin.gao@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1479241644-234277-1-git-send-email-bin.gao@linux.intel.com>

TSC on Intel Atom SoCs capable of determining TSC frequency by MSR is
reliable and the frequency is known (because it's provided by HW).
On these platforms PIT/HPET is generally not available so
calibration won't work at all and also TSC is the only reliable
clocksource. So we set both X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ and
X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE flags to make sure the calibration is
skipped and no watchdog on TSC.

Signed-off-by: Bin Gao <bin.gao@intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c           | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mfld.c  |  9 +++++++--
 arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mrfld.c |  8 ++++++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c
index 0fe720d..c0f137c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c
@@ -100,5 +100,23 @@ 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 a HW way to report 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 marke TSC reliable to avoid watchdog on it.
+	 */
+	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 1eb47b6..e793fe5 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 59253db..e0607c7 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;
 }
-- 
1.9.1

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-15 20:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-15 20:27 [PATCH 0/4] x86/tsc: add X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ flag and hardware related changes Bin Gao
2016-11-15 20:27 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86/tsc: add X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ flag Bin Gao
2016-11-18 10:04   ` [tip:x86/timers] x86/tsc: Add " tip-bot for Bin Gao
2016-11-15 20:27 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86/tsc: mark TSC frequency determined by CPUID as known Bin Gao
2016-11-18 10:05   ` [tip:x86/timers] x86/tsc: Mark " tip-bot for Bin Gao
2016-11-15 20:27 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86/tsc: mark Intel ATOM_GOLDMONT TSC reliable Bin Gao
2016-11-18 10:05   ` [tip:x86/timers] x86/tsc: Mark " tip-bot for Bin Gao
2016-11-15 20:27 ` Bin Gao [this message]
2016-11-18  8:21   ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/tsc: set TSC_KNOWN_FREQ and TSC_RELIABLE flags on Intel Atom SoCs Ingo Molnar
2016-11-18 10:06   ` [tip:x86/timers] x86/tsc: Set " tip-bot for Bin Gao

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