[PATCH] x86-64: - Ignore long SMI interrupts in clock calibration
Ensure that no SMI interrupts occur between the read of the HPET & TSC
in the clock calibration loop.
I noticed that a 2.66GHz system incorrectly detected the processor
clock speed about 1/7 of the time:
time.c: Detected 2660.005 MHz processor. (most of the time)
time.c: Detected 2988.203 MHz processor. (sometime)
The problem is caused by an SMI interrupt occuring in hpet_calibrate_tsc()
between the read of the HPET & TSC. Prior to switching the BIOS into
ACPI mode, it appears that every 27msec an SMI interrupt occurs. The
SMI interrupt takes 4.8 msec to process.
Note: On my test system, TICK_MIN had to be >380. I picked 5000
to minimize risk of having a value that is too small for other
platforms.
Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index 9f05bc9..5cc76d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -656,6 +656,25 @@
*/
#define TICK_COUNT 100000000
+#define TICK_MIN 5000
+
+/*
+ * Some platforms take periodic SMI interrupts with 5ms duration. Make sure none
+ * occurs between the reads of the hpet & TSC.
+ */
+static void __init read_hpet_tsc(int *hpet, int *tsc)
+{
+ int tsc1, tsc2, hpet1;
+
+ do {
+ tsc1 = get_cycles_sync();
+ hpet1 = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
+ tsc2 = get_cycles_sync();
+ } while (tsc2 - tsc1 > TICK_MIN);
+ *hpet = hpet1;
+ *tsc = tsc2;
+}
+
static unsigned int __init hpet_calibrate_tsc(void)
{
@@ -666,13 +685,11 @@
local_irq_save(flags);
local_irq_disable();
- hpet_start = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
- rdtscl(tsc_start);
+ read_hpet_tsc(&hpet_start, &tsc_start);
do {
local_irq_disable();
- hpet_now = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
- tsc_now = get_cycles_sync();
+ read_hpet_tsc(&hpet_now, &tsc_now);
local_irq_restore(flags);
} while ((tsc_now - tsc_start) < TICK_COUNT &&
(hpet_now - hpet_start) < TICK_COUNT);
