Re: [PATCH] x86/tsc: Add debugfs entry to mark TSC as unstable after boot

[Borislav Petkov]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 02:53:05PM -0300, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:
> But what about AMD systems? Even the modern ones apparently lack
> TSC_ADJUST - or is it changing recently?

Yes, it is.

> Checking TSC code, it is full of checks "if Intel" as well, like in
> native calibration. Our issue is present on AMD and my impression is
> that, in this respect, these systems are way more unstable (from TSC
> perspective) than the ones having TSC_ADJUST.

The only one I know of is a Zen2 laptop where BIOS botches a perfectly fine
TSC because those BIOS programmers are soo smart.

If you know of other cases, where are those bug reports?

Thx.

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