linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] x86/tsc: split X86_FEATURE_TSC

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Date:   Tue,  1 Nov 2016 10:14:40 -0700
From:   Bin Gao <bin.gao@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bin Gao <bin.gao@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] x86/tsc: split X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE into two

This patch series split X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE into two separate
flags: X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE and X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ.
This change allows us to redefine TSC features at fine granularity.
This is driven by certain Intel processors/SoCs with frequency-known
TSC so the whole calibration stuff should be skipped.

Bin Gao (2):
  x86/tsc: add X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ flag
  x86: use KNOWN_FREQ and RELIABLE TSC flags on certain processors/SoCs

 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h  |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c               | 15 ++++++++++++---
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c           |  4 ++++
 arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mfld.c  |  5 +++--
 arch/x86/platform/intel-mid/mrfld.c |  4 ++--
 5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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