x86: Fix sched_clock_cpu for systems with unsynchronized TSC
On UV systems, the TSC is not synchronized across blades. The sched_clock_cpu() function is returning values that can go backwards (I've seen as much as 8 seconds) when switching between cpus. As each cpu comes up, early_init_intel() will currently set the sched_clock_stable flag true. When mark_tsc_unstable() runs, it clears the flag, but this only occurs once (the first time a cpu comes up whose TSC is not synchronized with cpu 0). After this, early_init_intel() will set the flag again as the next cpu comes up. Only set sched_clock_stable if tsc has not been marked unstable. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com> Acked-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <20100301174815.GC8224@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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