1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c
index 6d23354443c0..6e4807d64d46 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ static __cpuinit void sync_master(void *arg)
 {
         unsigned long flags, i;
 
-        if (smp_processor_id() != 0)
-                return;
-
         go[MASTER] = 0;
 
         local_irq_save(flags);
@@ -262,7 +259,7 @@ get_delta(long *rt, long *master)
         return tcenter - best_tm;
 }
 
-static __cpuinit void sync_tsc(void)
+static __cpuinit void sync_tsc(unsigned int master)
 {
         int i, done = 0;
         long delta, adj, adjust_latency = 0;
@@ -276,9 +273,17 @@ static __cpuinit void sync_tsc(void)
         } t[NUM_ROUNDS] __cpuinitdata;
 #endif
 
+        printk(KERN_INFO "CPU %d: Syncing TSC to CPU %u.\n",
+                smp_processor_id(), master);
+
         go[MASTER] = 1;
 
-        smp_call_function(sync_master, NULL, 1, 0);
+        /* It is dangerous to broadcast IPI as cpus are coming up,
+         * as they may not be ready to accept them.  So since
+         * we only need to send the ipi to the boot cpu direct
+         * the message, and avoid the race.
+         */
+        smp_call_function_single(master, sync_master, NULL, 1, 0);
 
         while (go[MASTER])      /* wait for master to be ready */
                 no_cpu_relax();
@@ -322,16 +327,14 @@ static __cpuinit void sync_tsc(void)
         printk(KERN_INFO
                "CPU %d: synchronized TSC with CPU %u (last diff %ld cycles, "
                "maxerr %lu cycles)\n",
-               smp_processor_id(), boot_cpu_id, delta, rt);
+               smp_processor_id(), master, delta, rt);
 }
 
 static void __cpuinit tsc_sync_wait(void)
 {
         if (notscsync || !cpu_has_tsc)
                 return;
-        printk(KERN_INFO "CPU %d: Syncing TSC to CPU %u.\n", smp_processor_id(),
-                        boot_cpu_id);
-        sync_tsc();
+        sync_tsc(boot_cpu_id);
 }
 
 static __init int notscsync_setup(char *s)