1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index cf52215d9eb1..935989693a64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1046,6 +1046,19 @@ static int get_transition_latency(struct powernow_k8_data *data)
                 if (cur_latency > max_latency)
                         max_latency = cur_latency;
         }
+        if (max_latency == 0) {
+                /*
+                 * Fam 11h always returns 0 as transition latency.
+                 * This is intended and means "very fast". While cpufreq core
+                 * and governors currently can handle that gracefully, better
+                 * set it to 1 to avoid problems in the future.
+                 * For all others it's a BIOS bug.
+                 */
+                if (!boot_cpu_data.x86 == 0x11)
+                        printk(KERN_ERR FW_WARN PFX "Invalid zero transition "
+                                "latency\n");
+                max_latency = 1;
+        }
         /* value in usecs, needs to be in nanoseconds */
         return 1000 * max_latency;
 }