1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
6 #include <linux/clockchips.h>
7 #include <linux/init.h>
8 #include <linux/timex.h>
9 #include <linux/i8253.h>
11 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
18 * HPET replaces the PIT, when enabled. So we need to know, which of
19 * the two timers is used
21 struct clock_event_device
*global_clock_event
;
24 * Modern chipsets can disable the PIT clock which makes it unusable. It
25 * would be possible to enable the clock but the registers are chipset
26 * specific and not discoverable. Avoid the whack a mole game.
28 * These platforms have discoverable TSC/CPU frequencies but this also
29 * requires to know the local APIC timer frequency as it normally is
30 * calibrated against the PIT interrupt.
32 static bool __init
use_pit(void)
34 if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_TSC
) || !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC
))
37 /* This also returns true when APIC is disabled */
38 return apic_needs_pit();
41 bool __init
pit_timer_init(void)
45 * Don't just ignore the PIT. Ensure it's stopped, because
46 * VMMs otherwise steal CPU time just to pointlessly waggle
49 clockevent_i8253_disable();
52 clockevent_i8253_init(true);
53 global_clock_event
= &i8253_clockevent
;
58 static int __init
init_pit_clocksource(void)
61 * Several reasons not to register PIT as a clocksource:
63 * - On SMP PIT does not scale due to i8253_lock
64 * - when HPET is enabled
65 * - when local APIC timer is active (PIT is switched off)
67 if (num_possible_cpus() > 1 || is_hpet_enabled() ||
68 !clockevent_state_periodic(&i8253_clockevent
))
71 return clocksource_i8253_init();
73 arch_initcall(init_pit_clocksource
);
74 #endif /* !CONFIG_X86_64 */