From 40fb17152c50a69dc304dd632131c2f41281ce44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Venki Pallipadi Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:11:37 -0800 Subject: x86: support always running TSC on Intel CPUs Impact: reward non-stop TSCs with good TSC-based clocksources, etc. Add support for CPUID_0x80000007_Bit8 on Intel CPUs as well. This bit means that the TSC is invariant with C/P/T states and always runs at constant frequency. With Intel CPUs, we have 3 classes * CPUs where TSC runs at constant rate and does not stop n C-states * CPUs where TSC runs at constant rate, but will stop in deep C-states * CPUs where TSC rate will vary based on P/T-states and TSC will stop in deep C-states. To cover these 3, one feature bit (CONSTANT_TSC) is not enough. So, add a second bit (NONSTOP_TSC). CONSTANT_TSC indicates that the TSC runs at constant frequency irrespective of P/T-states, and NONSTOP_TSC indicates that TSC does not stop in deep C-states. CPUID_0x8000000_Bit8 indicates both these feature bit can be set. We still have CONSTANT_TSC _set_ and NONSTOP_TSC _not_set_ on some older Intel CPUs, based on model checks. We can use TSC on such CPUs for time, as long as those CPUs do not support/enter deep C-states. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c index c622772744d..18c70fedba3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static void c1e_idle(void) rdmsr(MSR_K8_INT_PENDING_MSG, lo, hi); if (lo & K8_INTP_C1E_ACTIVE_MASK) { c1e_detected = 1; - if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC)) + if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC)) mark_tsc_unstable("TSC halt in AMD C1E"); printk(KERN_INFO "System has AMD C1E enabled\n"); set_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_AMDC1E); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2