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x86: do not enable TSC notifier if we don't need it

Impact: crash on non-TSC-equipped CPUs

Don't enable the TSC notifier if we *either*:

1. don't have a CPU, or
2. have a CPU with constant TSC.

In either of those cases, the notifier is either damaging (1) or useless(2).

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Linus Torvalds hace 17 años
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arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c

@@ -325,6 +325,10 @@ static struct notifier_block time_cpufreq_notifier_block = {
 
 static int __init cpufreq_tsc(void)
 {
+	if (!cpu_has_tsc)
+		return 0;
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC))
+		return 0;
 	cpufreq_register_notifier(&time_cpufreq_notifier_block,
 				CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
 	return 0;