From 95099d4622f8cb224d94e314c7a8e0df60b13f87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hc <hc@nodka.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 08:38:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] enable docker ppp
---
kernel/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c b/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
index 0d307a6..2b7999a 100644
--- a/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
+++ b/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <linux/timex.h>
#include <linux/i8253.h>
+#include <asm/apic.h>
#include <asm/hpet.h>
#include <asm/time.h>
#include <asm/smp.h>
@@ -18,10 +19,32 @@
*/
struct clock_event_device *global_clock_event;
-void __init setup_pit_timer(void)
+/*
+ * Modern chipsets can disable the PIT clock which makes it unusable. It
+ * would be possible to enable the clock but the registers are chipset
+ * specific and not discoverable. Avoid the whack a mole game.
+ *
+ * These platforms have discoverable TSC/CPU frequencies but this also
+ * requires to know the local APIC timer frequency as it normally is
+ * calibrated against the PIT interrupt.
+ */
+static bool __init use_pit(void)
{
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_TSC) || !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC))
+ return true;
+
+ /* This also returns true when APIC is disabled */
+ return apic_needs_pit();
+}
+
+bool __init pit_timer_init(void)
+{
+ if (!use_pit())
+ return false;
+
clockevent_i8253_init(true);
global_clock_event = &i8253_clockevent;
+ return true;
}
#ifndef CONFIG_X86_64
--
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