linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] x86/timers for 4.10

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Message-ID: <20170223102312.7sxka7c3tjf56b43@pd.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:26:27 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] x86/timers for 4.10

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 09:20:06AM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
> @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void check_tsc_sync_source(int cpu)
>  	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC_ADJUST))
>  		atomic_set(&test_runs, 1);
>  	else
> -		atomic_set(&test_runs, 3);
> +		atomic_set(&test_runs, 5);

So
		atomic_set(&test_runs, max_t(unsigned int, 3, num_online_nodes() + 1));

:-)

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