As I remember, TSCs in SMP/x86 are synchronized by Linux kernels at
the boot process.
But the only message (about TSC) I see after Linux boot in dmesg (or
/var/log/messages) in SuSE 10.3 w/2.6.22 default kernel on quad-core
dual socket Opteron serever is
"Marking TSC unstable due to TSCs unsynchronized"
Does it means that RDTSC-based timer (I use it for microbenchmarks)
will give wrong results ? :-(
Some additional information,
according Software Optimization Guide for AMD Familly 10h Processors
(quad-core) from Apr 4th, 2008:
Early each AMD core had own TSC. Now quad-core processors have one
common clock source in NorthBridge (BTW, is it in this case integrated
into CPU chip - i.e. includes integrated memory controller and support
of HT links ? - M.K.) - for all the TSCs of CPUs (cores ? - M.K.).
The synchronization accuracy should be few tens cycles.
Mikhail Kuzminsky
Computer Assistance to Chemical Research Center
Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
Moscow
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