linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] x86/tsc: Do not check X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT

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Date:	Tue,  5 Apr 2016 08:29:52 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] x86/tsc: Do not check X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC in notifier call

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

... because the notifier-registering routine already does that. Also,
rename cpufreq_tsc() init call to something more telling.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index a0346bc51833..5bb702c77e8f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -922,9 +922,6 @@ static int time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 	struct cpufreq_freqs *freq = data;
 	unsigned long *lpj;
 
-	if (cpu_has(&cpu_data(freq->cpu), X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC))
-		return 0;
-
 	lpj = &boot_cpu_data.loops_per_jiffy;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	if (!(freq->flags & CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS))
@@ -954,7 +951,7 @@ static struct notifier_block time_cpufreq_notifier_block = {
 	.notifier_call  = time_cpufreq_notifier
 };
 
-static int __init cpufreq_tsc(void)
+static int __init cpufreq_register_tsc_scaling(void)
 {
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC))
 		return 0;
@@ -965,7 +962,7 @@ static int __init cpufreq_tsc(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-core_initcall(cpufreq_tsc);
+core_initcall(cpufreq_register_tsc_scaling);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_CPU_FREQ */
 
-- 
2.7.3