linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC] x86: hpet: Disable HPET MSI on Lenovo W510

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Date:	Tue, 4 Oct 2011 16:34:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Asit K Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
	"Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lclaudio@...g.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC] x86: hpet: Disable HPET MSI on Lenovo W510

Subject: x86: hpet: Disable MSI on Lenovo W510
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:03:37 +0200

MSI based per cpu timers lose interrupts when intel_idle() is enabled
independent of the effective c-state. With idle=poll the problem
cannot be observed.

We have no idea yet, whether this is a W510 specific issue or a
general chipset oddity. Blacklist the known problem machine.

Reported-by: Luis Claudio R. Goncalves <lclaudio@...g.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/hpet.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
@@ -566,6 +567,29 @@ static void init_one_hpet_msi_clockevent
 #define RESERVE_TIMERS 0
 #endif
 
+static int __init dmi_disable_hpet_msi(const struct dmi_system_id *d)
+{
+	hpet_msi_disable = 1;
+}
+
+static struct dmi_system_id __initdata dmi_hpet_table[] = {
+	/*
+	 * MSI based per cpu timers lose interrupts when intel_idle()
+	 * is enabled - independent of the c-state. With idle=poll the
+	 * problem cannot be observed. We have no idea yet, whether
+	 * this is a W510 specific issue or a general chipset oddity.
+	 */
+	{
+	 .callback = dmi_disable_hpet_msi,
+	 .ident = "Lenovo W510",
+	 .matches = {
+		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "LENOVO"),
+		     DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION, "ThinkPad W510"),
+		     },
+	 },
+	{}
+};
+
 static void hpet_msi_capability_lookup(unsigned int start_timer)
 {
 	unsigned int id;
@@ -573,6 +597,8 @@ static void hpet_msi_capability_lookup(u
 	unsigned int num_timers_used = 0;
 	int i;
 
+	dmi_check_system(dmi_hpet_table);
+
 	if (hpet_msi_disable)
 		return;
 
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