[PATCH 3/3] x86/tsc_msr: Make MSR derived TSC frequency more accurate

From: Hans de Goede
Date: Thu Jan 30 2020 - 06:53:15 EST


The "Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developerâs Manual
Volume 4: Model-Specific Registers" has the following table for the
values from freq_desc_byt:

000B: 083.3 MHz
001B: 100.0 MHz
010B: 133.3 MHz
011B: 116.7 MHz
100B: 080.0 MHz

Notice how for e.g the 83.3 MHz value there are 3 significant digits,
which translates to an accuracy of a 1000 ppm, where as your typical
crystal oscillator is 20 - 100 ppm, so the accuracy of the frequency
format used in the Software Developerâs Manual is not really helpful.

As far as we know Bay Trail SoCs use a 25 MHz crystal and Cherry Trail
uses a 19.2 MHz crystal, the crystal is the source clk for a root PLL
which outputs 1600 and 100 MHz. It is unclear if the root PLL outputs are
used directly by the CPU clock PLL or if there is another PLL in between.

This does not matter though, we can model the chain of PLLs as a single
PLL with a quotient equal to the quotients of all PLLs in the chain
multiplied.

So we can create a simplified model of the CPU clock setup using a
reference clock of 100 MHz plus a quotient which gets us as close to the
frequency from the DSM as possible.

For the 83.3 MHz example from above this would give us 100 MHz * 5 / 6 =
83 and 1/3 MHz, which matches exactly what has been measured on actual hw.

This commit makes the tsc_msr.c code use a simplified PLL model with a
reference clock of 100 MHz for all Bay and Cherry Trail models.

This has been tested on the following models:

CPU freq before: CPU freq after this commit:
Intel N2840 2165.800 MHz 2166.667 MHz
Intel Z3736 1332.800 MHz 1333.333 MHz
Intel Z3775 1466.300 MHz 1466.667 MHz
Intel Z8350 1440.000 MHz 1440.000 MHz
Intel Z8750 1600.000 MHz 1600.000 MHz

This fixes the time drifting by about 1 second per hour (20 - 30 seconds
per day) on (some) devices which rely on the tsc_msr.c code to determine
the TSC frequency.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Vipul Kumar <vipulk0511@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c
index 95030895fffa..4331f6d83cab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_msr.c
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@

#define MAX_NUM_FREQS 16 /* 4 bits to select the frequency */

+/*
+ * The frequency numbers in the DSM are e.g. 83.3 MHz, which does not contain a
+ * lot of accuracy which leads to clock drift. As far as we know Bay Trail SoCs
+ * use a 25 MHz crystal and Cherry Trail uses a 19.2 MHz crystal, the crystal
+ * is the source clk for a root PLL which outputs 1600 and 100 MHz. It is
+ * unclear if the root PLL outputs are used directly by the CPU clock PLL or
+ * if there is another PLL in between.
+ * This does not matter though, we can model the chain of PLLs as a single PLL
+ * with a quotient equal to the quotients of all PLLs in the chain multiplied.
+ * So we can create a simplified model of the CPU clock setup using a reference
+ * clock of 100 MHz plus a quotient which gets us as close to the frequency
+ * from the DSM as possible.
+ * For the 83.3 MHz example from above this would give us 100 MHz * 5 / 6 =
+ * 83 and 1/3 MHz, which matches exactly what has been measured on actual hw.
+ */
+#define REFERENCE_KHZ 100000
+
/*
* If MSR_PERF_STAT[31] is set, the maximum resolved bus ratio can be
* read in MSR_PLATFORM_ID[12:8], otherwise in MSR_PERF_STAT[44:40].
@@ -26,6 +43,14 @@
*/
struct freq_desc {
bool use_msr_plat;
+ struct {
+ u32 multiplier;
+ u32 divider;
+ } pairs[MAX_NUM_FREQS];
+ /*
+ * Some CPU frequencies in the SDM do not map to known PLL freqs, in
+ * that case the pairs arrays is empty and the freqs array is used.
+ */
u32 freqs[MAX_NUM_FREQS];
u32 mask;
};
@@ -47,31 +72,64 @@ static const struct freq_desc freq_desc_clv = {
.mask = 0x07,
};

+/*
+ * Bay Trail SDM MSR_FSB_FREQ frequencies simplified PLL model:
+ * 000: 100 * 5 / 6 = 83.3333 MHz
+ * 001: 100 * 1 / 1 = 100.0000 MHz
+ * 010: 100 * 4 / 3 = 133.3333 MHz
+ * 011: 100 * 7 / 6 = 116.6667 MHz
+ * 100: 100 * 4 / 5 = 80.0000 MHz
+ */
static const struct freq_desc freq_desc_byt = {
.use_msr_plat = true,
- .freqs = { 83300, 100000, 133300, 116700, 80000, 0, 0, 0 },
+ .pairs = { { 5, 6 }, { 1, 1 }, { 4, 3 }, { 7, 6 }, { 4, 5 } },
.mask = 0x07,
};

+/*
+ * Cherry Trail SDM MSR_FSB_FREQ frequencies simplified PLL model:
+ * 0000: 100 * 5 / 6 = 83.3333 MHz
+ * 0001: 100 * 1 / 1 = 100.0000 MHz
+ * 0010: 100 * 4 / 3 = 133.3333 MHz
+ * 0011: 100 * 7 / 6 = 116.6667 MHz
+ * 0100: 100 * 4 / 5 = 80.0000 MHz
+ * 0101: 100 * 14 / 15 = 93.3333 MHz
+ * 0110: 100 * 9 / 10 = 90.0000 MHz
+ * 0111: 100 * 8 / 9 = 88.8889 MHz
+ * 1000: 100 * 7 / 8 = 87.5000 MHz
+ */
static const struct freq_desc freq_desc_cht = {
.use_msr_plat = true,
- .freqs = { 83300, 100000, 133300, 116700, 80000, 93300, 90000,
- 88900, 87500 },
+ .pairs = { { 5, 6 }, { 1, 1 }, { 4, 3 }, { 7, 6 }, { 4, 5 },
+ { 14, 15 }, { 9, 10 }, { 8, 9 }, { 7, 8 } },
.mask = 0x0f,
};

+/*
+ * Merriefield (BYT MID) SDM MSR_FSB_FREQ frequencies simplified PLL model:
+ * 0001: 100 * 1 / 1 = 100.0000 MHz
+ * 0010: 100 * 4 / 3 = 133.3333 MHz
+ */
static const struct freq_desc freq_desc_tng = {
.use_msr_plat = true,
- .freqs = { 0, 100000, 133300, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+ .pairs = { { 0, 0 }, { 1, 1 }, { 4, 3 } },
.mask = 0x07,
};

+/*
+ * Moorefield (CHT MID) SDM MSR_FSB_FREQ frequencies simplified PLL model:
+ * 0000: 100 * 5 / 6 = 83.3333 MHz
+ * 0001: 100 * 1 / 1 = 100.0000 MHz
+ * 0010: 100 * 4 / 3 = 133.3333 MHz
+ * 0011: 100 * 1 / 1 = 100.0000 MHz
+ */
static const struct freq_desc freq_desc_ann = {
.use_msr_plat = true,
- .freqs = { 83300, 100000, 133300, 100000, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+ .pairs = { { 5, 6 }, { 1, 1 }, { 4, 3 }, { 1, 1 } },
.mask = 0x0f,
};

+/* 24 MHz crystal? : 24 * 13 / 4 = 78 MHz */
static const struct freq_desc freq_desc_lgm = {
.use_msr_plat = true,
.freqs = { 78000, 78000, 78000, 78000, 78000, 78000, 78000, 78000 },
@@ -120,11 +178,23 @@ unsigned long cpu_khz_from_msr(void)
rdmsr(MSR_FSB_FREQ, lo, hi);
index = lo & freq_desc->mask;

- /* Map CPU reference clock freq ID(0-7) to CPU reference clock freq(KHz) */
- freq = freq_desc->freqs[index];
-
- /* TSC frequency = maximum resolved freq * maximum resolved bus ratio */
- res = freq * ratio;
+ /*
+ * Note this also catches cases where the index points to an unpopulated
+ * part of pairs, in that case the else will set freq and res to 0.
+ */
+ if (freq_desc->pairs[index].divider) {
+ freq = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(REFERENCE_KHZ *
+ freq_desc->pairs[index].multiplier,
+ freq_desc->pairs[index].divider);
+ /* Multiply by ratio before the divide for better accuracy */
+ res = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(REFERENCE_KHZ *
+ freq_desc->pairs[index].multiplier *
+ ratio,
+ freq_desc->pairs[index].divider);
+ } else {
+ freq = freq_desc->freqs[index];
+ res = freq * ratio;
+ }

if (freq == 0)
pr_err("Error MSR_FSB_FREQ index %d is unknown\n", index);
--
2.24.1