Re: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86: Clean up cap_user_time* setting

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 11:33:22AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 11:10:54AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > I'm fully with you, please zap the 'notsc' boot option - it's an ancient 
> > relic, if any box is still broken with the TSC on we want to hear about it 
> > and fix it!
> 
> something like so?
> 
> ---
> Subject: x86: Remove 'notsc' option for X86_TSC=y kernels
> 
> The 'notsc' thing is an ancient relic, if there's still any hardware
> that needs this we need to hear about it.
> 
> This only removes the option for X86_TSC=y kernels; X86_TSC=n kernels
> can still use it to force remove the TSC capability flag.
> 
> Since this removes the tsc_disabled=1 assignment, also remove all
> tsc_disabled>0 tests as those will never be true.
> 
> Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

OK, so I forgot to compile this this morning; but I now found
apicpmtimer somehow calls notsc_setup(). I've no idea why, but can
someone who knows this crap take a look?
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