[PATCH 2/5] x86/kernel: Skip TSC test and error messages if already unstable

[mike.travis]

If the TSC has already been determined to be unstable, then checking
TSC ADJUST values is a waste of time and generates unnecessary error
messages.

Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <mike.travis@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Russ Anderson <russ.anderson@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Add check_tsc_unstable to !CONFIG_SMP case.
    Patches merged against 4.14.0-rc4
---
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ void tsc_verify_tsc_adjust(bool resume)
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC_ADJUST))
 		return;
 
+	/* Skip unnecessary error messages if TSC already unstable */
+	if (check_tsc_unstable())
+		return;
+
 	/* Rate limit the MSR check */
 	if (!resume && time_before(jiffies, adj->nextcheck))
 		return;
@@ -114,6 +118,10 @@ bool __init tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adju
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC_ADJUST))
 		return false;
 
+	/* Skip unnecessary error messages if TSC already unstable */
+	if (check_tsc_unstable())
+		return false;
+
 	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, bootval);
 	cur->bootval = bootval;
 	cur->nextcheck = jiffies + HZ;

--