Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86/kernel: Provide a means to disable TSC ART

[Mike Travis <mike.travis@hpe.com>]

On 10/4/2017 2:27 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 10:12:18AM -0500, mike.travis@hpe.com wrote:
>>   static void detect_art(void)
>>   {
>>   	unsigned int unused[2];
>>   
>> -	if (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level < ART_CPUID_LEAF)
>> +	if (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level < ART_CPUID_LEAF || tsc_art_disabled)
>>   		return;
>>   
>>   	/* Don't enable ART in a VM, non-stop TSC and TSC_ADJUST required */
> 
> 
> So why can't we use is_uv_system() here an for the tsc_adjust thing?

I could.  I just thought that there may be future system arches that
need the same facility?
> 
> Also (and I hate the name) tsc_multi_sync_resets is the reason you
> cannot use ART, I don't think it makes sense to introduce yet another
> knob.
> 
Okay.  I wasn't sure if there might be different causes for wanting one
condition over the other.  So does this mean change this later test to
use is_uv_system() or tsc_multi_sync_resets?

Thanks.