20 files changed, 98 insertions, 128 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 8309a7b2cd63..79577f0ace98 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ extern void __init clustered_apic_check(void);
 extern int gsi_irq_sharing(int gsi);
 #include <asm/proto.h>
 
+static inline int acpi_madt_oem_check(char *oem_id, char *oem_table_id) { return 0; }
+
+
 #else                           /* X86 */
 
 #ifdef  CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c b/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
index d3fdf0057d82..5390b521aca0 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
@@ -250,8 +251,8 @@ static int find_matching_ucodes (void)
                         error = -EINVAL;
                         goto out;
                 }
-                
-                for (cpu_num = 0; cpu_num < num_online_cpus(); cpu_num++) {
+
+                for_each_online_cpu(cpu_num) {
                         struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu_num;
                         if (uci->err != MC_NOTFOUND) /* already found a match or not an online cpu*/
                                 continue;
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ static int find_matching_ucodes (void)
                                         error = -EFAULT;
                                         goto out;
                                 }
-                                for (cpu_num = 0; cpu_num < num_online_cpus(); cpu_num++) {
+                                for_each_online_cpu(cpu_num) {
                                         struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu_num;
                                         if (uci->err != MC_NOTFOUND) /* already found a match or not an online cpu*/
                                                 continue;
@@ -304,7 +305,9 @@ static int find_matching_ucodes (void)
                         }
                 }
                 /* now check if any cpu has matched */
-                for (cpu_num = 0, allocated_flag = 0, sum = 0; cpu_num < num_online_cpus(); cpu_num++) {
+                allocated_flag = 0;
+                sum = 0;
+                for_each_online_cpu(cpu_num) {
                         if (ucode_cpu_info[cpu_num].err == MC_MARKED) { 
                                 struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu_num;
                                 if (!allocated_flag) {
@@ -415,12 +418,12 @@ static int do_microcode_update (void)
         }
 
 out_free:
-        for (i = 0; i < num_online_cpus(); i++) {
+        for_each_online_cpu(i) {
                 if (ucode_cpu_info[i].mc) {
                         int j;
                         void *tmp = ucode_cpu_info[i].mc;
                         vfree(tmp);
-                        for (j = i; j < num_online_cpus(); j++) {
+                        for_each_online_cpu(j) {
                                 if (ucode_cpu_info[j].mc == tmp)
                                         ucode_cpu_info[j].mc = NULL;
                         }
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index 5f68b220c26d..e00e5f6e7fdd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -161,60 +161,6 @@ out:
         return error;
 }
 
-struct dirent32 {
-        unsigned int    d_ino;
-        unsigned int    d_off;
-        unsigned short  d_reclen;
-        char            d_name[NAME_MAX + 1];
-};
-
-static void
-xlate_dirent(void *dirent64, void *dirent32, long n)
-{
-        long off;
-        struct dirent *dirp;
-        struct dirent32 *dirp32;
-
-        off = 0;
-        while (off < n) {
-                dirp = (struct dirent *)(dirent64 + off);
-                dirp32 = (struct dirent32 *)(dirent32 + off);
-                off += dirp->d_reclen;
-                dirp32->d_ino = dirp->d_ino;
-                dirp32->d_off = (unsigned int)dirp->d_off;
-                dirp32->d_reclen = dirp->d_reclen;
-                strncpy(dirp32->d_name, dirp->d_name, dirp->d_reclen - ((3 * 4) + 2));
-        }
-        return;
-}
-
-asmlinkage long
-sys32_getdents(unsigned int fd, void * dirent32, unsigned int count)
-{
-        long n;
-        void *dirent64;
-
-        dirent64 = (void *)((unsigned long)(dirent32 + (sizeof(long) - 1)) & ~(sizeof(long) - 1));
-        if ((n = sys_getdents(fd, dirent64, count - (dirent64 - dirent32))) < 0)
-                return(n);
-        xlate_dirent(dirent64, dirent32, n);
-        return(n);
-}
-
-asmlinkage int old_readdir(unsigned int fd, void * dirent, unsigned int count);
-
-asmlinkage int
-sys32_readdir(unsigned int fd, void * dirent32, unsigned int count)
-{
-        int n;
-        struct dirent dirent64;
-
-        if ((n = old_readdir(fd, &dirent64, count)) < 0)
-                return(n);
-        xlate_dirent(&dirent64, dirent32, dirent64.d_reclen);
-        return(n);
-}
-
 asmlinkage int
 sys32_waitpid(compat_pid_t pid, unsigned int *stat_addr, int options)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
index d87b5446fa13..02c8267e45e7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ EXPORT(sysn32_call_table)
         PTR     sys_fdatasync
         PTR     sys_truncate
         PTR     sys_ftruncate                   /* 6075 */
-        PTR     sys32_getdents
+        PTR     compat_sys_getdents
         PTR     sys_getcwd
         PTR     sys_chdir
         PTR     sys_fchdir
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
index 5b0414018c9a..797e0d874889 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ sys_call_table:
         PTR     sys_uselib
         PTR     sys_swapon
         PTR     sys_reboot
-        PTR     sys32_readdir
+        PTR     compat_sys_old_readdir
         PTR     old_mmap                        /* 4090 */
         PTR     sys_munmap
         PTR     sys_truncate
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ sys_call_table:
         PTR     sys_setfsuid
         PTR     sys_setfsgid
         PTR     sys32_llseek                    /* 4140 */
-        PTR     sys32_getdents
+        PTR     compat_sys_getdents
         PTR     compat_sys_select
         PTR     sys_flock
         PTR     sys_msync
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index d86affa21278..d9293c558e41 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
         sparse_init();
         paging_init();
         resource_init();
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+        plat_smp_setup();
+#endif
 }
 
 int __init fpu_disable(char *s)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
index 5e189862e523..06ed90752424 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
         init_new_context(current, &init_mm);
         current_thread_info()->cpu = 0;
         smp_tune_scheduling();
-        prom_prepare_cpus(max_cpus);
+        plat_prepare_cpus(max_cpus);
 }
 
 /* preload SMP state for boot cpu */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/smp_mt.c b/arch/mips/kernel/smp_mt.c
index c930364830d0..993b8bf56aaf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/smp_mt.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/smp_mt.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static struct irqaction irq_call = {
  * Make sure all CPU's are in a sensible state before we boot any of the
  * secondarys
  */
-void prom_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
+void plat_smp_setup(void)
 {
         unsigned long val;
         int i, num;
@@ -179,11 +179,9 @@ void prom_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
                                 write_vpe_c0_vpeconf0(tmp);
 
                                 /* Record this as available CPU */
-                                if (i < max_cpus) {
-                                        cpu_set(i, phys_cpu_present_map);
-                                        __cpu_number_map[i]     = ++num;
-                                        __cpu_logical_map[num]  = i;
-                                }
+                                cpu_set(i, phys_cpu_present_map);
+                                __cpu_number_map[i]     = ++num;
+                                __cpu_logical_map[num]  = i;
                         }
 
                         /* disable multi-threading with TC's */
@@ -241,7 +239,10 @@ void prom_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
                 set_vi_handler (MIPS_CPU_IPI_RESCHED_IRQ, ipi_resched_dispatch);
                 set_vi_handler (MIPS_CPU_IPI_CALL_IRQ, ipi_call_dispatch);
         }
+}
 
+void __init plat_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
+{
         cpu_ipi_resched_irq = MIPSCPU_INT_BASE + MIPS_CPU_IPI_RESCHED_IRQ;
         cpu_ipi_call_irq = MIPSCPU_INT_BASE + MIPS_CPU_IPI_CALL_IRQ;
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/iomap.c b/arch/mips/lib/iomap.c
index 7e2ced715cfb..f4ac5bbcd81f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/lib/iomap.c
+++ b/arch/mips/lib/iomap.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void __iomem *pci_iomap(struct pci_dev *dev, int bar, unsigned long maxlen)
                 return ioport_map(start, len);
         if (flags & IORESOURCE_MEM) {
                 if (flags & IORESOURCE_CACHEABLE)
-                        return ioremap_cacheable_cow(start, len);
+                        return ioremap_cachable(start, len);
                 return ioremap_nocache(start, len);
         }
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
index 1b71d91e8268..0668e9bfce41 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/c-r4k.c
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ static inline void r4k_blast_scache_page_setup(void)
 {
         unsigned long sc_lsize = cpu_scache_line_size();
 
-        if (sc_lsize == 16)
+        if (scache_size == 0)
+                r4k_blast_scache_page = (void *)no_sc_noop;
+        else if (sc_lsize == 16)
                 r4k_blast_scache_page = blast_scache16_page;
         else if (sc_lsize == 32)
                 r4k_blast_scache_page = blast_scache32_page;
@@ -251,7 +253,9 @@ static inline void r4k_blast_scache_page_indexed_setup(void)
 {
         unsigned long sc_lsize = cpu_scache_line_size();
 
-        if (sc_lsize == 16)
+        if (scache_size == 0)
+                r4k_blast_scache_page_indexed = (void *)no_sc_noop;
+        else if (sc_lsize == 16)
                 r4k_blast_scache_page_indexed = blast_scache16_page_indexed;
         else if (sc_lsize == 32)
                 r4k_blast_scache_page_indexed = blast_scache32_page_indexed;
@@ -267,7 +271,9 @@ static inline void r4k_blast_scache_setup(void)
 {
         unsigned long sc_lsize = cpu_scache_line_size();
 
-        if (sc_lsize == 16)
+        if (scache_size == 0)
+                r4k_blast_scache = (void *)no_sc_noop;
+        else if (sc_lsize == 16)
                 r4k_blast_scache = blast_scache16;
         else if (sc_lsize == 32)
                 r4k_blast_scache = blast_scache32;
@@ -482,7 +488,7 @@ static inline void local_r4k_flush_icache_range(void *args)
                         protected_blast_dcache_range(start, end);
                 }
 
-                if (!cpu_icache_snoops_remote_store) {
+                if (!cpu_icache_snoops_remote_store && scache_size) {
                         if (end - start > scache_size)
                                 r4k_blast_scache();
                         else
@@ -651,7 +657,7 @@ static void local_r4k_flush_cache_sigtramp(void * arg)
 
         R4600_HIT_CACHEOP_WAR_IMPL;
         protected_writeback_dcache_line(addr & ~(dc_lsize - 1));
-        if (!cpu_icache_snoops_remote_store)
+        if (!cpu_icache_snoops_remote_store && scache_size)
                 protected_writeback_scache_line(addr & ~(sc_lsize - 1));
         protected_flush_icache_line(addr & ~(ic_lsize - 1));
         if (MIPS4K_ICACHE_REFILL_WAR) {
diff --git a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/smp.c b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/smp.c
index 7f8fda962190..c197311e15d3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/pmc-sierra/yosemite/smp.c
@@ -50,37 +50,25 @@ void __init prom_grab_secondary(void)
  * We don't want to start the secondary CPU yet nor do we have a nice probing
  * feature in PMON so we just assume presence of the secondary core.
  */
-static char maxcpus_string[] __initdata =
-        KERN_WARNING "max_cpus set to 0; using 1 instead\n";
-
-void __init prom_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
+void __init plat_smp_setup(void)
 {
-        int enabled = 0, i;
-
-        if (max_cpus == 0) {
-                printk(maxcpus_string);
-                max_cpus = 1;
-        }
+        int i;
 
         cpus_clear(phys_cpu_present_map);
 
         for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-                if (i == max_cpus)
-                        break;
-
-                /*
-                 * The boot CPU
-                 */
                 cpu_set(i, phys_cpu_present_map);
                 __cpu_number_map[i]     = i;
                 __cpu_logical_map[i]    = i;
-                enabled++;
         }
+}
 
+void __init plat_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
+{
         /*
          * Be paranoid.  Enable the IPI only if we're really about to go SMP.
          */
-        if (enabled > 1)
+        if (cpus_weight(cpu_possible_map))
                 set_c0_status(STATUSF_IP5);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-smp.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-smp.c
index dbef3f6b5650..09fa7f5216f0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip27/ip27-smp.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static __init void intr_clear_all(nasid_t nasid)
                 REMOTE_HUB_CLR_INTR(nasid, i);
 }
 
-void __init prom_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
+void __init plat_smp_setup(void)
 {
         cnodeid_t       cnode;
 
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ void __init prom_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
         alloc_cpupda(0, 0);
 }
 
+void __init plat_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
+{
+        /* We already did everything necessary earlier */
+}
+
 /*
  * Launch a slave into smp_bootstrap().  It doesn't take an argument, and we
  * set sp to the kernel stack of the newly created idle process, gp to the proc
diff --git a/arch/mips/sibyte/cfe/smp.c b/arch/mips/sibyte/cfe/smp.c
index 4477af3d8074..eab20e2db323 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sibyte/cfe/smp.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sibyte/cfe/smp.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *
  * Common setup before any secondaries are started
  */
-void __init prom_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
+void __init plat_smp_setup(void)
 {
         int i, num;
 
@@ -40,14 +40,18 @@ void __init prom_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
         __cpu_number_map[0] = 0;
         __cpu_logical_map[0] = 0;
 
-        for (i=1, num=0; i<NR_CPUS; i++) {
+        for (i = 1, num = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
                 if (cfe_cpu_stop(i) == 0) {
                         cpu_set(i, phys_cpu_present_map);
                         __cpu_number_map[i] = ++num;
                         __cpu_logical_map[num] = i;
                 }
         }
-        printk("Detected %i available secondary CPU(s)\n", num);
+        printk(KERN_INFO "Detected %i available secondary CPU(s)\n", num);
+}
+
+void __init plat_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
+{
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
index f0c47dab0903..04f7df39ffbb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ static struct page * vdso_vma_nopage(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
         unsigned long offset = address - vma->vm_start;
         struct page *pg;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-        void *vbase = test_thread_flag(TIF_32BIT) ?
-                vdso32_kbase : vdso64_kbase;
+        void *vbase = (vma->vm_mm->task_size > TASK_SIZE_USER32) ?
+                vdso64_kbase : vdso32_kbase;
 #else
         void *vbase = vdso32_kbase;
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S
index ccaeda5136d1..4ee871f1cadb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__do_get_xsec)
   .cfi_startproc
         /* check for update count & load values */
 1:      ld      r8,CFG_TB_UPDATE_COUNT(r3)
-        andi.   r0,r4,1                 /* pending update ? loop */
+        andi.   r0,r8,1                 /* pending update ? loop */
         bne-    1b
-        xor     r0,r4,r4                /* create dependency */
+        xor     r0,r8,r8                /* create dependency */
         add     r3,r3,r0
 
         /* Get TB & offset it */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
index b1f614c612dd..e9d589eefc14 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int htab_bolt_mapping(unsigned long vstart, unsigned long vend,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES
                 if (_machine == PLATFORM_ISERIES_LPAR)
                         ret = iSeries_hpte_insert(hpteg, va,
-                                                  virt_to_abs(paddr),
+                                                  __pa(vaddr),
                                                   tmp_mode,
                                                   HPTE_V_BOLTED,
                                                   psize);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
index 83578313ee7e..2ab9dcdfb415 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c
@@ -893,6 +893,20 @@ void eeh_add_device_tree_early(struct device_node *dn)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(eeh_add_device_tree_early);
 
+void eeh_add_device_tree_late(struct pci_bus *bus)
+{
+        struct pci_dev *dev;
+
+        list_for_each_entry(dev, &bus->devices, bus_list) {
+                eeh_add_device_late(dev);
+                if (dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_BRIDGE) {
+                        struct pci_bus *subbus = dev->subordinate;
+                        if (subbus)
+                                eeh_add_device_tree_late(subbus);
+                }
+        }
+}
+
 /**
  * eeh_add_device_late - perform EEH initialization for the indicated pci device
  * @dev: pci device for which to set up EEH
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
index e3cbba49fd6e..b811d5ff92fe 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 static inline const char * pcid_name (struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
-        if (pdev->dev.driver)
+        if (pdev && pdev->dev.driver)
                 return pdev->dev.driver->name;
         return "";
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pci_dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pci_dlpar.c
index bdaa8aabdaa6..f3bad900bbcf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pci_dlpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pci_dlpar.c
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ pcibios_fixup_new_pci_devices(struct pci_bus *bus, int fix_bus)
                         }
                 }
         }
+
+        eeh_add_device_tree_late(bus);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pcibios_fixup_new_pci_devices);
 
@@ -114,7 +116,6 @@ pcibios_pci_config_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
         u8 sec_busno;
         struct pci_bus *child_bus;
-        struct pci_dev *child_dev;
 
         /* Get busno of downstream bus */
         pci_read_config_byte(dev, PCI_SECONDARY_BUS, &sec_busno);
@@ -129,10 +130,6 @@ pcibios_pci_config_bridge(struct pci_dev *dev)
 
         pci_scan_child_bus(child_bus);
 
-        list_for_each_entry(child_dev, &child_bus->devices, bus_list) {
-                eeh_add_device_late(child_dev);
-        }
-
         /* Fixup new pci devices without touching bus struct */
         pcibios_fixup_new_pci_devices(child_bus, 0);
 
@@ -160,18 +157,25 @@ pcibios_add_pci_devices(struct pci_bus * bus)
 
         eeh_add_device_tree_early(dn);
 
-        /* pci_scan_slot should find all children */
-        slotno = PCI_SLOT(PCI_DN(dn->child)->devfn);
-        num = pci_scan_slot(bus, PCI_DEVFN(slotno, 0));
-        if (num) {
-                pcibios_fixup_new_pci_devices(bus, 1);
-                pci_bus_add_devices(bus);
-        }
+        if (_machine == PLATFORM_PSERIES_LPAR) {
+                /* use ofdt-based probe */
+                of_scan_bus(dn, bus);
+                if (!list_empty(&bus->devices)) {
+                        pcibios_fixup_new_pci_devices(bus, 0);
+                        pci_bus_add_devices(bus);
+                }
+        } else {
+                /* use legacy probe */
+                slotno = PCI_SLOT(PCI_DN(dn->child)->devfn);
+                num = pci_scan_slot(bus, PCI_DEVFN(slotno, 0));
+                if (num) {
+                        pcibios_fixup_new_pci_devices(bus, 1);
+                        pci_bus_add_devices(bus);
+                }
 
-        list_for_each_entry(dev, &bus->devices, bus_list) {
-                eeh_add_device_late (dev);
-                if (dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_BRIDGE)
-                        pcibios_pci_config_bridge(dev);
+                list_for_each_entry(dev, &bus->devices, bus_list)
+                        if (dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_BRIDGE)
+                                pcibios_pci_config_bridge(dev);
         }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pcibios_add_pci_devices);
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
index d70605eda333..e5b14c57eaa0 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
@@ -962,14 +962,12 @@ void smp_apic_timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
         irq_exit();
 }
 
-int __initdata unsync_tsc_on_multicluster;
-
 /*
  * oem_force_hpet_timer -- force HPET mode for some boxes.
  *
  * Thus far, the major user of this is IBM's Summit2 series:
  *
- * Some clustered boxes may have unsynced TSC problems if they are
+ * Clustered boxes may have unsynced TSC problems if they are
  * multi-chassis. Use available data to take a good guess.
  * If in doubt, go HPET.
  */
@@ -979,11 +977,6 @@ __cpuinit int oem_force_hpet_timer(void)
         unsigned id;
         DECLARE_BITMAP(clustermap, NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS);
 
-        /* Only do this check on IBM machines - big Unisys systems
-           use multiple clusters too, but have synchronized TSC */
-        if (!unsync_tsc_on_multicluster)
-                return 0;
-
         bitmap_zero(clustermap, NUM_APIC_CLUSTERS);
 
         for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {