1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index 335cc91c49b7..9c7fba30dac1 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ core_initcall(cpufreq_tsc);
 
 #define TICK_COUNT 100000000
 #define TICK_MIN   5000
+#define MAX_READ_RETRIES 5
 
 /*
  * Some platforms take periodic SMI interrupts with 5ms duration. Make sure none
@@ -664,13 +665,17 @@ core_initcall(cpufreq_tsc);
  */
 static void __init read_hpet_tsc(int *hpet, int *tsc)
 {
-        int tsc1, tsc2, hpet1;
+        int tsc1, tsc2, hpet1, retries = 0;
+        static int msg;
 
         do {
                 tsc1 = get_cycles_sync();
                 hpet1 = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
                 tsc2 = get_cycles_sync();
-        } while (tsc2 - tsc1 > TICK_MIN);
+        } while (tsc2 - tsc1 > TICK_MIN && retries++ < MAX_READ_RETRIES);
+        if (retries >= MAX_READ_RETRIES && !msg++)
+                printk(KERN_WARNING
+                       "hpet.c: exceeded max retries to read HPET & TSC\n");
         *hpet = hpet1;
         *tsc = tsc2;
 }