Re: [PATCH 01/16] x86/tsc: Add a standalone helpers for getting TSC info from CPUID.0x15

From: Nikunj A Dadhania
Date: Mon Feb 03 2025 - 00:56:04 EST


Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Extract retrieval of TSC frequency information from CPUID into standalone
> helpers so that TDX guest support and kvmlock can reuse the logic. Provide

s/kvmlock/kvmclock

> a version that includes the multiplier math as TDX in particular does NOT
> want to use native_calibrate_tsc()'s fallback logic that derives the TSC
> frequency based on CPUID.0x16 when the core crystal frequency isn't known.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

...

> +
> +static inline int cpuid_get_tsc_freq(unsigned int *tsc_khz,
> + unsigned int *crystal_khz)

Should we add this in patch 6/16 where it is being used for the first time ?

Regards
Nikunj