Merge tag 'x86-timers-2020-06-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 timer updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "X86 timer specific updates:

   - Add TPAUSE based delay which allows the CPU to enter an optimized
     power state while waiting for the delay to pass. The delay is based
     on TSC cycles.

   - Add tsc_early_khz command line parameter to workaround the problem
     that overclocked CPUs can report the wrong frequency via CPUID.16h
     which causes the refined calibration to fail because the delta to
     the initial frequency value is too big. With the parameter users
     can provide an halfways accurate initial value"

* tag 'x86-timers-2020-06-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/tsc: Add tsc_early_khz command line parameter
  x86/delay: Introduce TPAUSE delay
  x86/delay: Refactor delay_mwaitx() for TPAUSE support
  x86/delay: Preparatory code cleanup

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4379c6ac3265..f793951a8e53 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5093,6 +5093,12 @@
 			interruptions from clocksource watchdog are not
 			acceptable).
 
+	tsc_early_khz=  [X86] Skip early TSC calibration and use the given
+			value instead. Useful when the early TSC frequency discovery
+			procedure is not reliable, such as on overclocked systems
+			with CPUID.16h support and partial CPUID.15h support.
+			Format: <unsigned int>
+
 	tsx=		[X86] Control Transactional Synchronization
 			Extensions (TSX) feature in Intel processors that
 			support TSX control.