x86: support always running TSC on Intel CPUs

Impact: reward non-stop TSCs with good TSC-based clocksources, etc.

Add support for CPUID_0x80000007_Bit8 on Intel CPUs as well. This bit means
that the TSC is invariant with C/P/T states and always runs at constant
frequency.

With Intel CPUs, we have 3 classes
* CPUs where TSC runs at constant rate and does not stop n C-states
* CPUs where TSC runs at constant rate, but will stop in deep C-states
* CPUs where TSC rate will vary based on P/T-states and TSC will stop in deep
  C-states.

To cover these 3, one feature bit (CONSTANT_TSC) is not enough. So, add a
second bit (NONSTOP_TSC). CONSTANT_TSC indicates that the TSC runs at
constant frequency irrespective of P/T-states, and NONSTOP_TSC indicates
that TSC does not stop in deep C-states.

CPUID_0x8000000_Bit8 indicates both these feature bit can be set.
We still have CONSTANT_TSC _set_ and NONSTOP_TSC _not_set_ on some older Intel
CPUs, based on model checks. We can use TSC on such CPUs for time, as long as
those CPUs do not support/enter deep C-states.

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index cce0b6118d55..caec59437a22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ static void __cpuinit early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
         if (c->x86 == 15 && c->x86_cache_alignment == 64)
                 c->x86_cache_alignment = 128;
 #endif
+
+        /*
+         * c->x86_power is 8000_0007 edx. Bit 8 is TSC runs at constant rate
+         * with P/T states and does not stop in deep C-states
+         */
+        if (c->x86_power & (1 << 8)) {
+                set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
+                set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC);
+        }
+
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32