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x86, AMD: Set ARAT feature on AMD processors
authorBoris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@amd.com>
Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:13:44 +0000 (12:13 -0400)
committerPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:57:14 +0000 (10:57 -0400)
commit3cb3af19db25e35fe154c8371d2d08705fbbcee0
treed3898f5b5ce828160da9e48a32a447380ee1c1c0
parent4ce7766478329b5f9b110fe4ff59b6c076f31b04
x86, AMD: Set ARAT feature on AMD processors

commit b87cf80af3ba4b4c008b4face3c68d604e1715c6 upstream.

Support for Always Running APIC timer (ARAT) was introduced in
commit db954b5898dd3ef3ef93f4144158ea8f97deb058. This feature
allows us to avoid switching timers from LAPIC to something else
(e.g. HPET) and go into timer broadcasts when entering deep
C-states.

AMD processors don't provide a CPUID bit for that feature but
they also keep APIC timers running in deep C-states (except for
cases when the processor is affected by erratum 400). Therefore
we should set ARAT feature bit on AMD CPUs.

Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Acked-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Acked-by: Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@amd.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@amd.com>
LKML-Reference: <1300205624-4813-1-git-send-email-ostr@amd64.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c