x86: Fix sched_clock_cpu for systems with unsynchronized TSC
commit847d52cc4a3e149949df66d7484aba999dc61e19
authorDimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>
Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:48:15 +0000 (1 11:48 -0600)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Thu, 1 Apr 2010 22:58:57 +0000 (1 15:58 -0700)
tree9c5d99c9e7cc8462c028833f1f81e56bd99c3aac
parent37c3a08ca3714118fe8f931f28b2cc76bb4ac0e5
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