(HPET or PM timer) on systems whose TSC frequency was
obtained from HW or FW using either an MSR or CPUID(0x15).
Warn if the difference is more than 500 ppm.
+ [x86] watchdog: Use TSC as the watchdog clocksource with
+ which to check other HW timers (HPET or PM timer), but
+ only on systems where TSC has been deemed trustworthy.
+ This will be suppressed by an earlier tsc=nowatchdog and
+ can be overridden by a later tsc=nowatchdog. A console
+ message will flag any such suppression or overriding.
tsc_early_khz= [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
static int no_sched_irq_time;
static int no_tsc_watchdog;
+static int tsc_as_watchdog;
static int __init tsc_setup(char *str)
{
no_sched_irq_time = 1;
if (!strcmp(str, "unstable"))
mark_tsc_unstable("boot parameter");
- if (!strcmp(str, "nowatchdog"))
+ if (!strcmp(str, "nowatchdog")) {
no_tsc_watchdog = 1;
+ if (tsc_as_watchdog)
+ pr_alert("%s: Overriding earlier tsc=watchdog with tsc=nowatchdog\n",
+ __func__);
+ tsc_as_watchdog = 0;
+ }
if (!strcmp(str, "recalibrate"))
tsc_force_recalibrate = 1;
+ if (!strcmp(str, "watchdog")) {
+ if (no_tsc_watchdog)
+ pr_alert("%s: tsc=watchdog overridden by earlier tsc=nowatchdog\n",
+ __func__);
+ else
+ tsc_as_watchdog = 1;
+ }
return 1;
}
bool tsc_clocksource_watchdog_disabled(void)
{
- return !(clocksource_tsc.flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY);
+ return !(clocksource_tsc.flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY) &&
+ tsc_as_watchdog && !no_tsc_watchdog;
}
static void __init check_system_tsc_reliable(void)