[PATCH] x86/ioapic: don't use unstable TSC to detect timer IRQ
From: Liu, Changcheng
Date: Tue Mar 20 2018 - 04:43:36 EST
In rare case, the TSC is every unstable or can't sync with
real time hardware clock. After setting "tsc=unstable" in
command line, system should use delay_without_tsc to detect
timer IRQ. Or system could panic as shown in below log:
[ 0.000000] Command line: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
reboot_panic=p,w tsc=unstable gpt loglevel=8 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
vga=current nomodeset console=ttyS0,115200n8 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ 0.048000] ..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
[ 0.049000] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
[ 0.049000] ...trying to set up timer (IRQ0) through the 8259A ...
[ 0.049000] ..... (found apic 0 pin 2) ...
[ 0.052000] ....... failed.
[ 0.052000] ...trying to set up timer as Virtual Wire IRQ...
[ 0.052000] ..... failed.
[ 0.052000] ...trying to set up timer as ExtINT IRQ...
[ 0.052000] ..... failed :(.
[ 0.052000] Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer
doesn't work! Boot with apic=debug and send a report. Then try
booting with the 'noapic' option.
[ 0.052000]
[ 0.052000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
4.15.0-ga804a55 #5
[ 0.052000] Hardware name: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake
Client Platform/TigerLake U LPDDR4 UDIMM, BIOS
TGLSFWR1.R00.1063.A00.1802071025 02/07/2018
[ 0.052000] Call Trace:
[ 0.052000] dump_stack+0x68/0x9d
Signed-off-by: Liu Changcheng <changcheng.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
index cf5d53c..dcfc5b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tsc.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long cycles_t;
extern unsigned int cpu_khz;
extern unsigned int tsc_khz;
+extern int tsc_unstable;
extern void disable_TSC(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
index 7c55387..0809ec6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ static int __init timer_irq_works(void)
local_save_flags(flags);
local_irq_enable();
- if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC))
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC) && !tsc_unstable)
delay_with_tsc();
else
delay_without_tsc();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index fb43027..27b1bae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tsc_khz);
/*
* TSC can be unstable due to cpufreq or due to unsynced TSCs
*/
-static int __read_mostly tsc_unstable;
+int __read_mostly tsc_unstable;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tsc_unstable);
/* native_sched_clock() is called before tsc_init(), so
we must start with the TSC soft disabled to prevent
--
2.7.4