Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:10:01 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: what is the better method to do tsc synchronized check? |
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-- Steve
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:56:25PM -0400, Luming Yu wrote: > Hi there, > > I tested two different methods to do TSC sync check on a Sandy Bridge system. > The first TSC sync check method is from upstream -38-rc that considers > TSC is synced. > The second TSC sync check method is from a 2.6.18 based kernel that > considers TSC > is NOT synced on the Sandy Bridge system. (I modified sync_tsc() to > just test (not modify TSC) on > the cpu being tested.) > > [root@intel-sugarbay-DO-01 kernel]# dmesg | grep -i synchroniz > CPU 1: synchronized TSC with CPU 0 (last diff 29 cycles, maxerr 276 cycles) > CPU 2: synchronized TSC with CPU 0 (last diff 32 cycles, maxerr 280 cycles) > CPU 3: synchronized TSC with CPU 0 (last diff 31 cycles, maxerr 284 cycles) > > Do you guy think we need to take 2.6.18-based tsc sync testing method > rather than the current one in upstream? > > Any inputs are appreciated. > > > Thanks > Luming > --
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