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x86: Fix sched_clock_cpu for systems with unsynchronized TSC
authorDimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>
Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:48:15 +0000 (11:48 -0600)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Thu, 1 Apr 2010 23:02:14 +0000 (16:02 -0700)
commit39ec71179f7c02f2a9c1b37b1132f2d091a9cf1c
tree53f2f0acaabee84225ac2cb38c085a474e5119dd
parentcb81a2ace8bd4354cc40ff341543a9791719383c
x86: Fix sched_clock_cpu for systems with unsynchronized TSC

commit 14be1f7454ea96ee614467a49cf018a1a383b189 upstream.

On UV systems, the TSC is not synchronized across blades.  The
sched_clock_cpu() function is returning values that can go
backwards  (I've seen as much as 8 seconds) when switching
between cpus.

As each cpu comes up, early_init_intel() will currently set the
sched_clock_stable flag true.  When mark_tsc_unstable() runs, it
clears the flag, but this only occurs once (the first time a cpu
comes up whose TSC is not synchronized with cpu 0).  After this,
early_init_intel() will set the flag again as the next cpu comes
up.

Only set sched_clock_stable if tsc has not been marked unstable.

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <20100301174815.GC8224@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c