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x86, AMD: Set ARAT feature on AMD processors 

Support for Always Running APIC timer (ARAT) was introduced in
commit db954b5898. This feature
allows us to avoid switching timers from LAPIC to something else
(e.g. HPET) and go into timer broadcasts when entering deep
C-states.

AMD processors don't provide a CPUID bit for that feature but
they also keep APIC timers running in deep C-states (except for
cases when the processor is affected by erratum 400). Therefore
we should set ARAT feature bit on AMD CPUs.

Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Acked-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Acked-by: Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@amd.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@amd.com>
LKML-Reference: <1300205624-4813-1-git-send-email-ostr@amd64.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Boris Ostrovsky 2011-03-15 12:13:44 -04:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 1d3e09a304
commit b87cf80af3
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@ -594,6 +594,10 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
}
}
#endif
/* As a rule processors have APIC timer running in deep C states */
if (c->x86 >= 0xf && !cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400))
set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_ARAT);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32