[tip:timers/hpet] x86, hpet: Disable per-cpu hpet timer if ARAT is supported

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Commit-ID:  39fe05e58c5e448601ce46e6b03900d5bf31c4b0
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/39fe05e58c5e448601ce46e6b03900d5bf31c4b0
Author:     Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:16:12 +0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:45:02 +0200

x86, hpet: Disable per-cpu hpet timer if ARAT is supported

If CPU support always running local APIC timer, per-cpu hpet
timer could be disabled, which is useless and wasteful in such
case. Let's leave the timers to others.

The effect is that we reserve less timers.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx
LKML-Reference: <20090812031612.GA10062@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c |   12 ++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index dedc2bd..5969e10 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ static void hpet_msi_capability_lookup(unsigned int start_timer)
 	unsigned int num_timers_used = 0;
 	int i;
 
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARAT))
+		return;
 	id = hpet_readl(HPET_ID);
 
 	num_timers = ((id & HPET_ID_NUMBER) >> HPET_ID_NUMBER_SHIFT);
@@ -872,10 +874,8 @@ int __init hpet_enable(void)
 
 	if (id & HPET_ID_LEGSUP) {
 		hpet_legacy_clockevent_register();
-		hpet_msi_capability_lookup(2);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	hpet_msi_capability_lookup(0);
 	return 0;
 
 out_nohpet:
@@ -908,9 +908,17 @@ static __init int hpet_late_init(void)
 	if (!hpet_virt_address)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (hpet_readl(HPET_ID) & HPET_ID_LEGSUP)
+		hpet_msi_capability_lookup(2);
+	else
+		hpet_msi_capability_lookup(0);
+
 	hpet_reserve_platform_timers(hpet_readl(HPET_ID));
 	hpet_print_config();
 
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARAT))
+		return 0;
+
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		hpet_cpuhp_notify(NULL, CPU_ONLINE, (void *)(long)cpu);
 	}
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