Commit-ID: c54fdbb2823d96b842d00c548e14dbc0dd37831d Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/c54fdbb2823d96b842d00c548e14dbc0dd37831d Author: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:56:45 +0800 Committer: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:50:26 -0700 x86: Add cpu capability flag X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC_S3 On some new Intel Atom processors (Penwell and Cloverview), there is a feature that the TSC won't stop in S3 state, say the TSC value won't be reset to 0 after resume. This feature makes TSC a more reliable clocksource and could benefit the timekeeping code during system suspend/resume cycle, so add a flag for it. Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx> [jstultz: Fix checkpatch warning] Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 1 + arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h index 93fe929..a8466f2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ #define X86_FEATURE_AMD_DCM (3*32+27) /* multi-node processor */ #define X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF (3*32+28) /* APERFMPERF */ #define X86_FEATURE_EAGER_FPU (3*32+29) /* "eagerfpu" Non lazy FPU restore */ +#define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC_S3 (3*32+30) /* TSC doesn't stop in S3 state */ /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000001 (ecx), word 4 */ #define X86_FEATURE_XMM3 (4*32+ 0) /* "pni" SSE-3 */ diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c index 1905ce9..e7ae0d8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c @@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ static void __cpuinit early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) sched_clock_stable = 1; } + /* Penwell and Cloverview have the TSC which doesn't sleep on S3 */ + if (c->x86 == 6) { + switch (c->x86_model) { + case 0x27: /* Penwell */ + case 0x35: /* Cloverview */ + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC_S3); + break; + default: + break; + } + } + /* * There is a known erratum on Pentium III and Core Solo * and Core Duo CPUs. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html