x86/tsc: Drastically reduce the number of firmware bug warnings
Prior to the TSC ADJUST MSR being available, the method to set TSC's in sync with each other naturally caused a small skew between cpu threads. This was NOT a firmware bug at the time so introducing a whole avalanche of alarming warning messages might cause unnecessary concern and customer complaints. (Example: >3000 msgs in a 32 socket Skylake system.) Simply report the warning condition, if possible do the necessary fixes, and move on. Signed-off-by: NMike Travis <mike.travis@hpe.com> Signed-off-by: NThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: NDimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: NRuss Anderson <russ.anderson@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: NPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Cc: Andrew Banman <andrew.banman@hpe.com> Cc: Bin Gao <bin.gao@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171012163202.175062400@stormcage.americas.sgi.com
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