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[PATCH] x86-64: Synchronize RDTSC on single core AMD

There is no guarantee that two RDTSCs in a row are monotonic,
so don't assume it on single core AMD systems.
This will make gettimeofday slower again
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Andi Kleen 18 years ago
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1 changed files with 2 additions and 5 deletions
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      arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c

+ 2 - 5
arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c

@@ -732,11 +732,8 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	/* Fix cpuid4 emulation for more */
 	num_cache_leaves = 3;
 
-	/* When there is only one core no need to synchronize RDTSC */
-	if (num_possible_cpus() == 1)
-	        set_bit(X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC, &c->x86_capability);
-	else
-	        clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC, &c->x86_capability);
+	/* RDTSC can be speculated around */
+	clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC, &c->x86_capability);
 }
 
 static void __cpuinit detect_ht(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)