RDTSCP is already synchronous and doesn't need an explicit CPUID.
This is a little faster and more importantly avoids VMEXITs on Hypervisors.
Original patch from Joerg Roedel, but reworked by AK
Also includes miscompilation fix by Eric Biederman
Cc: "Joerg Roedel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
include/asm-i386/tsc.h | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
Index: linux/include/asm-i386/tsc.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-i386/tsc.h
+++ linux/include/asm-i386/tsc.h
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ static __always_inline cycles_t get_cycl
unsigned eax;
/*
+ * Use RDTSCP if possible; it is guaranteed to be synchronous
+ * and doesn't cause a VMEXIT on Hypervisors
+ */
+ alternative_io(ASM_NOP3, ".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xf9", X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP,
+ "=A" (ret), "0" (0ULL) : "ecx", "memory");
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /*
* Don't do an additional sync on CPUs where we know
* RDTSC is already synchronous:
*/
-
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