Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (27 commits)
  ACPI: Don't let acpi_pad needlessly mark TSC unstable
  drivers/acpi/sleep.h: Checkpatch cleanup
  ACPI: Minor cleanup eliminating redundant PMTIMER_TICKS to NS conversion
  ACPI: delete unused c-state promotion/demotion data strucutures
  ACPI: video: fix acpi_backlight=video
  ACPI: EC: Use kmemdup
  drivers/acpi: use kasprintf
  ACPI, APEI, EINJ injection parameters support
  Add x64 support to debugfs
  ACPI, APEI, Use ERST for persistent storage of MCE
  ACPI, APEI, Error Record Serialization Table (ERST) support
  ACPI, APEI, Generic Hardware Error Source memory error support
  ACPI, APEI, UEFI Common Platform Error Record (CPER) header
  Unified UUID/GUID definition
  ACPI Hardware Error Device (PNP0C33) support
  ACPI, APEI, PCIE AER, use general HEST table parsing in AER firmware_first setup
  ACPI, APEI, Document for APEI
  ACPI, APEI, EINJ support
  ACPI, APEI, HEST table parsing
  ACPI, APEI, APEI supporting infrastructure
  ...

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
index 62122134693b..f169e516a1af 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(isolated_cpus_lock);
 #define CPUID5_ECX_EXTENSIONS_SUPPORTED (0x1)
 #define CPUID5_ECX_INTERRUPT_BREAK      (0x2)
 static unsigned long power_saving_mwait_eax;
+
+static unsigned char tsc_detected_unstable;
+static unsigned char tsc_marked_unstable;
+
 static void power_saving_mwait_init(void)
 {
         unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
@@ -87,8 +91,8 @@ static void power_saving_mwait_init(void)
 
                 /*FALL THROUGH*/
         default:
-                /* TSC could halt in idle, so notify users */
-                mark_tsc_unstable("TSC halts in idle");
+                /* TSC could halt in idle */
+                tsc_detected_unstable = 1;
         }
 #endif
 }
@@ -178,6 +182,11 @@ static int power_saving_thread(void *data)
                 expire_time = jiffies + HZ * (100 - idle_pct) / 100;
 
                 while (!need_resched()) {
+                        if (tsc_detected_unstable && !tsc_marked_unstable) {
+                                /* TSC could halt in idle, so notify users */
+                                mark_tsc_unstable("TSC halts in idle");
+                                tsc_marked_unstable = 1;
+                        }
                         local_irq_disable();
                         cpu = smp_processor_id();
                         clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ENTER,