x86/tsc: Skip TSC test and error messages if already unstable

If the TSC has already been determined to be unstable, then checking
TSC ADJUST values is a waste of time and generates unnecessary error
messages.

Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <mike.travis@hpe.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@hpe.com>
Reviewed-by: Russ Anderson <russ.anderson@hpe.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Banman <andrew.banman@hpe.com>
Cc: Bin Gao <bin.gao@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171012163202.060777495@stormcage.americas.sgi.com

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
index 3873dcd..3bdb983 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ void tsc_verify_tsc_adjust(bool resume)
        if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC_ADJUST))
                return;
 
+       /* Skip unnecessary error messages if TSC already unstable */
+       if (check_tsc_unstable())
+               return;
+
        /* Rate limit the MSR check */
        if (!resume && time_before(jiffies, adj->nextcheck))
                return;
@@ -114,6 +118,10 @@ bool __init tsc_store_and_check_tsc_adjust(bool bootcpu)
        if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC_ADJUST))
                return false;
 
+       /* Skip unnecessary error messages if TSC already unstable */
+       if (check_tsc_unstable())
+               return false;
+
        rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST, bootval);
        cur->bootval = bootval;
        cur->nextcheck = jiffies + HZ;