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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt9
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c7
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7936b80..4c6b415 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2484,12 +2484,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format:
<io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
- tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
+ tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
Format: <string>
[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
- disables clocksource verification at runtime.
- Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
- hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+ disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
+ as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable
+ high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
+ virtualized environment.
turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY]
TurboGraFX parallel port interface
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 71f4368..648fb26 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -825,6 +825,9 @@ __cpuinit int unsynchronized_tsc(void)
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC))
return 0;
+
+ if (tsc_clocksource_reliable)
+ return 0;
/*
* Intel systems are normally all synchronized.
* Exceptions must mark TSC as unstable:
@@ -832,10 +835,10 @@ __cpuinit int unsynchronized_tsc(void)
if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
/* assume multi socket systems are not synchronized: */
if (num_possible_cpus() > 1)
- tsc_unstable = 1;
+ return 1;
}
- return tsc_unstable;
+ return 0;
}
static void __init init_tsc_clocksource(void)
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