linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi/pm: If failed at validating ACPI PM timer, inhibit future reads.

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1101141701360.2678@localhost6.localdomain6>
Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:02:14 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...citrix.com>, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andi@...stfloor.org,
	williams@...hat.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi/pm: If failed at validating ACPI PM timer, inhibit
 future reads.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, john stultz wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 07:44 -0800, john stultz wrote:
> > I'm actually looking at a different fix, as I'm worried by Thomas'
> > comment about hitting the same issue on real hardware if we catch the
> > same pmtrm value both times.
> 
> Konrad: Mind trying the following?
> 
> 
> The conditional (!hpet && !ref_start && !ref_stop) doesn't really make
> sense. If the refs are null, but hpet is on, we still want to break out.
> 
> So checking if both the ref values are the same should handle if we
> don't have hardware (both null) or if they are the same value (either by
> invalid hardware, or by chance), which can cause a divzero issue.
> 
> NOT FOR INCLUSION, I haven't had my coffee yet.
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
> index 823f79a..fa2cb5e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
> @@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static void tsc_refine_calibration_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  	tsc_stop = tsc_read_refs(&ref_stop, hpet);
>  
>  	/* hpet or pmtimer available ? */
> -	if (!hpet && !ref_start && !ref_stop)
> +	if (ref_start == ref_stop)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	/* Check, whether the sampling was disturbed by an SMI */

That makes sense, though we really should kill pmtimer when we detect
that it's crappy.
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