Time keeping Issues with the low-resolution TSC timecounter

[Jung-uk Kim]

On Tuesday 21 June 2011 04:53 pm, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> Can you please try the attached patch?  It should disable
> TSC/TSC-low timecounter for your CPU models, I think.

Sorry, I attached a wrong patch.  Please ignore the previous one and 
try this, instead.

Jung-uk Kim
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Index: sys/dev/acpica/acpi_cpu.c
===================================================================
--- sys/dev/acpica/acpi_cpu.c	(revision 223372)
+++ sys/dev/acpica/acpi_cpu.c	(working copy)
@@ -856,6 +856,8 @@ acpi_cpu_cx_list(struct acpi_cpu_softc *sc)
 	sbuf_printf(&sb, "C%d/%d ", i + 1, sc->cpu_cx_states[i].trans_lat);
 	if (sc->cpu_cx_states[i].type < ACPI_STATE_C3)
 	    sc->cpu_non_c3 = i;
+	else
+	    cpu_can_deep_sleep = 1;
     }
     sbuf_trim(&sb);
     sbuf_finish(&sb);
Index: sys/kern/kern_clocksource.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/kern_clocksource.c	(revision 223372)
+++ sys/kern/kern_clocksource.c	(working copy)
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 cyclic_clock_func_t	cyclic_clock_func = NULL;
 #endif
 
+int			cpu_can_deep_sleep = 0;	/* C3 state is available. */
 int			cpu_disable_deep_sleep = 0; /* Timer dies in C3. */
 
 static void		setuptimer(void);
Index: sys/sys/systm.h
===================================================================
--- sys/sys/systm.h	(revision 223372)
+++ sys/sys/systm.h	(working copy)
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ void	cpu_startprofclock(void);
 void	cpu_stopprofclock(void);
 void	cpu_idleclock(void);
 void	cpu_activeclock(void);
+extern int	cpu_can_deep_sleep;
 extern int	cpu_disable_deep_sleep;
 
 int	cr_cansee(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2);
Index: sys/x86/x86/tsc.c
===================================================================
--- sys/x86/x86/tsc.c	(revision 223372)
+++ sys/x86/x86/tsc.c	(working copy)
@@ -444,6 +444,19 @@ init_TSC_tc(void)
 		goto init;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We cannot use the TSC if it stops incrementing in deep sleep.
+	 * Currently only Intel CPUs are known for this problem unless
+	 * the invariant TSC bit is set.
+	 */
+	if (cpu_can_deep_sleep && cpu_vendor_id == CPU_VENDOR_INTEL &&
+	    (amd_pminfo & AMDPM_TSC_INVARIANT) == 0) {
+		tsc_timecounter.tc_quality = -1000;
+		if (bootverbose)
+			printf("TSC timecounter disabled: C3 enabled.\n");
+		goto init;
+	}
+
 #ifdef SMP
 	/*
 	 * We can not use the TSC in SMP mode unless the TSCs on all CPUs are