linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: Trust initial offset in architectural TSC-adjust MSRs

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Message-Id: <20240226072533.341382-1-daniel@quora.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:25:33 +0800
From: Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ra.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ra.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: Trust initial offset in architectural TSC-adjust MSRs

When the BIOS configures the architectural TSC-adjust MSRs on secondary
sockets to correct a constant inter-chassis offset, after Linux brings
the cores online, the TSC sync check later resets the core-local MSR to
0, triggering HPET fallback and leading to performance loss.

Fix this by unconditionally using the initial adjust values read from the
MSRs. Trusting the initial offsets in this architectural mechanism is a
better approach than special-casing workarounds for specific platforms.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ra.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
index 1123ef3ccf90..cd64b25154d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
@@ -188,17 +188,10 @@ bool tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(bool bootcpu)
 		return false;
 
 	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, bootval);
-	cur->bootval = bootval;
+	cur->adjusted = cur->bootval = bootval;
 	cur->nextcheck = jiffies + HZ;
 	cur->warned = false;
 
-	/*
-	 * If a non-zero TSC value for socket 0 may be valid then the default
-	 * adjusted value cannot assumed to be zero either.
-	 */
-	if (tsc_async_resets)
-		cur->adjusted = bootval;
-
 	/*
 	 * Check whether this CPU is the first in a package to come up. In
 	 * this case do not check the boot value against another package
-- 
2.40.1