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Subject[PATCH 1/3] x86/tsc: Future-proof native_calibrate_tsc()
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From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

If native_calibrate_tsc() can not discover the TSC frequency,
via CPUID or via built-in table, it must return without
setting X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ. Otherwise, X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ
will prevent TSC refined calibration.

This patch allows Linux to correctly support future Intel hardware,
that has (cpu_khz != tsc_khz), and support for CPUID.15
without support for CPUID.15.crystal_khz.

This patch is needed since X86_FEATURE_TSC_KNOWN_FREQ was added in Linux-4.10:

commit 4ca4df0b7eb0
("x86/tsc: Mark TSC frequency determined by CPUID as known")

If not applied, such systems will run with tsc_khz = cpu_khz,
which may result in under-stated TSC rate, and time-of-day drift.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: Bin Gao <bin.gao@intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.10+
---
arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 8ea117f8142e..ce4b71119c36 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@ unsigned long native_calibrate_tsc(void)
}
}

+ if (crystal_khz == 0)
+ return 0;
/*
* TSC frequency determined by CPUID is a "hardware reported"
* frequency and is the most accurate one so far we have. This
--
2.14.0-rc0
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