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Date:      Fri, 4 Mar 2022 12:52:26 -0500
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 84369dd52369 - main - x86: Probe the TSC frequency earlier
Message-ID:  <20220304175226.avi2r57dvjfeyr7w@mutt-hbsd>
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On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 10:13:54AM -0500, Mark Johnston wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 09:24:47AM -0500, Shawn Webb wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 02:39:55PM +0000, Mark Johnston wrote:
> > > The branch main has been updated by markj:
> > >=20
> > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D84369dd52369cbae28970d=
ca20a53d3de1719907
> > >=20
> > > commit 84369dd52369cbae28970dca20a53d3de1719907
> > > Author:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
> > > AuthorDate: 2022-03-01 14:39:35 +0000
> > > Commit:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
> > > CommitDate: 2022-03-01 14:39:35 +0000
> > >=20
> > >     x86: Probe the TSC frequency earlier
> > >    =20
> > >     This lets us use the TSC to implement early DELAY, limiting the u=
se of
> > >     the sometimes-unreliable 8254 PIT.
> > >    =20
> > >     PR:             262155
> > >     Reviewed by:    emaste
> > >     Tested by:      emaste, mike tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, Stefan Heg=
nauer <stefan.hegnauer@gmx.ch>
> > >     MFC after:      1 month
> > >     Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
> > >     Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34367
> > > ---
> > >  sys/amd64/amd64/machdep.c |  14 +++++-
> > >  sys/i386/i386/machdep.c   |  11 ++++-
> > >  sys/x86/include/clock.h   |   3 +-
> > >  sys/x86/isa/clock.c       |   4 +-
> > >  sys/x86/x86/tsc.c         | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------=
----------
> > >  5 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
> >=20
> > Hey Mark,
> >=20
> > Something about this commit breaks booting in Hyper-V. Reverting this
> > particular commit makes Hyper-V happy again.
>=20
> The patch below might be sufficient.  I'll test it in Azure but it'll
> take me some time.
>=20
> diff --git a/sys/x86/x86/delay.c b/sys/x86/x86/delay.c
> index c767250954da..95b994b15f81 100644
> --- a/sys/x86/x86/delay.c
> +++ b/sys/x86/x86/delay.c
> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ delay_tc(int n)
>  		return (1);
>  	}
>  	tc =3D timecounter;
> -	if (tc->tc_quality <=3D 0)
> +	if (tc =3D=3D NULL || tc->tc_quality <=3D 0)
>  		return (0);
>  	func =3D tc->tc_get_timecount;
>  	mask =3D tc->tc_counter_mask;

Great! I'll give this patch a try and report back.

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Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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