[BUG]Uncalibrated TSC is not accurate enough as a time keeper

2018-12-22 Thread Da Shi Cao
The cpu_khz and tsc_khz are now read directly by the cpuid instruction, and they are deemed to be very accurate. But this is not the case in our situation. The OS time lags behind about 8 seconds per hour. The CPU information is as follows: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu fam

V 3.16.51 will not boot

2017-12-14 Thread Da Shi Cao
The latest version of 3.16 will not boot on my box of 4 sockets, 32 cores. [1.952997] general protection fault: [#1] SMP [1.957992] Modules linked in: [1.961064] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: GW 3.16.51-ds02-g148f3e4-dirty #2 [1.969834] Hardware name: IBM Syste