linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86_64: fix sched

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Message-ID: <20070525090315.GK8094@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Fri, 25 May 2007 11:03:15 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [patch] x86_64: fix sched_clock()

> This?    I sent it to you earlier this week:

Sorry haven't processed those yet.

Ah. The correct fix here is to clear the tsc flag in boot_cpu_data
when the option is set. Will do that.

-Andi


> 
> From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> 
> If you set tsc_disable (eg "notsc" on cmdline), sched-clock.c gives a
> divide by zero on boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> ---
> 
>  arch/i386/kernel/sched-clock.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/sched-clock.c~fix-x86_64-mm-sched-clock-share arch/i386/kernel/sched-clock.c
> --- a/arch/i386/kernel/sched-clock.c~fix-x86_64-mm-sched-clock-share
> +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/sched-clock.c
> @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ unsigned long long printk_clock(void)
>  static void resync_sc_freq(struct sc_data *sc, unsigned int newfreq)
>  {
>  	sc->sync_base = jiffies;
> -	if (!cpu_has_tsc) {
> +	if (!cpu_has_tsc || tsc_disable) {
>  		sc->unstable = 1;
>  		return;
>  	}
> _
> 
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