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From:   Aubrey Li <aubrey.intel@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Aug 2019 15:56:27 +0800
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Subject: Re: setup_boot_APIC_clock() NULL dereference during early boot on
 reduced hardware platforms
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc:     Daniel Drake <drake@endlessm.com>, x86@kernel.org,
        "Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@linux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Endless Linux Upstreaming Team <linux@endlessm.com>
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On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 3:35 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 1 Aug 2019, Aubrey Li wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:26 PM Daniel Drake <drake@endlessm.com> wrote:
> > > global_clock_event is NULL here. This is a "reduced hardware" ACPI
> > > platform so acpi_generic_reduced_hw_init() has set timer_init to NULL,
> > > avoiding the usual codepaths that would set up global_clock_event.
> > >
> > IIRC, acpi_generic_reduced_hw_init() avoids initializing PIT, the status of
> > this legacy device is unknown in ACPI hw-reduced mode.
> >
> > > I tried the obvious:
> > >  if (!global_clock_event)
> > >     return -1;
> > >
> > No, the platform needs a global clock event, can you turn on some other
>
> Wrong. The kernel boots perfectly fine without a global clock event. But
> for that the TSC and LAPIC frequency must be known.

I think LAPIC fast calibrate is only supported on intel platform, while
Daniel's box is an AMD platform. That's why lapic_init_clockevent() failed
and fall into the code path which needs a global clock event.

Thanks,
-Aubrey