linux-kernel - [PATCH -mm] [Time] Re-add verify_pmtmr

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Message-Id: <1165441334.6729.34.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:42:14 -0800
From:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH -mm] [Time] Re-add verify_pmtmr_rate

Andrew,
	This should go for a round or two in -mm but should be good for
inclusion into 2.6.20.

This patch re-adds the verify_pmtmr_rate functionality from 2.6.17 that
I dropped 2.6.18.

This resolves problems seen on older K6 ASUS boards where the ACPI PM
timer runs too fast.

See: 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211902
http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2375

Thanks to Ian Campbell for re-reporting this and testing the fix!

Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>

---
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c b/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
index 7fcb77a..8ab61ef 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c
@@ -142,6 +142,39 @@ DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_EARLY(PCI_VENDOR_ID_SE
 			acpi_pm_check_graylist);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_X86_64
+#include "mach_timer.h"
+#define PMTMR_EXPECTED_RATE \
+  ((CALIBRATE_LATCH * (PMTMR_TICKS_PER_SEC >> 10)) / (CLOCK_TICK_RATE>>10))
+/*
+ * Some boards have the PMTMR running way too fast. We check
+ * the PMTMR rate against PIT channel 2 to catch these cases.
+ */
+static int verify_pmtmr_rate(void)
+{
+	u32 value1, value2;
+	unsigned long count, delta;
+
+	mach_prepare_counter();
+	value1 = read_pmtmr();
+	mach_countup(&count);
+	value2 = read_pmtmr();
+	delta = (value2 - value1) & ACPI_PM_MASK;
+
+	/* Check that the PMTMR delta is within 5% of what we expect */
+	if (delta < (PMTMR_EXPECTED_RATE * 19) / 20 ||
+	    delta > (PMTMR_EXPECTED_RATE * 21) / 20) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "PM-Timer running at invalid rate: %lu%% "
+			"of normal - aborting.\n",
+			100UL * delta / PMTMR_EXPECTED_RATE);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+#define verify_pmtmr_rate() (0)
+#endif
 
 static int __init init_acpi_pm_clocksource(void)
 {
@@ -173,6 +206,9 @@ static int __init init_acpi_pm_clocksour
 	return -ENODEV;
 
 pm_good:
+	if (verify_pmtmr_rate() != 0)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	return clocksource_register(&clocksource_acpi_pm);
 }
 


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