Merge remote branch 'tip/x86/tsc' into fortglx/2.6.38/tip/x86/tsc

Conflicts:
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

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 			to facilitate early boot debugging.
 			See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
 
-	tsc=		Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
+	tsc=		Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
 			Format: <string>
 			[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
-			disables clocksource verification at runtime.
-			Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
-			hardware, and in virtualized environment.
+			disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
+			as the stability checks done at bootup.	Used to enable
+			high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
+			virtualized environment.
 			[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
 			Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
 			platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting

arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c

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 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC))
 		return 0;
+
+	if (tsc_clocksource_reliable)
+		return 0;
 	/*
 	 * Intel systems are normally all synchronized.
 	 * Exceptions must mark TSC as unstable:
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 	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
 		/* assume multi socket systems are not synchronized: */
 		if (num_possible_cpus() > 1)
-			tsc_unstable = 1;
+			return 1;
 	}
 
-	return tsc_unstable;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __init init_tsc_clocksource(void)