x86/tsc: Append the 'tsc=' description for the 'tsc=unstable' boot parameter

Commit:

  8309f86cd41e ("x86/tsc: Provide 'tsc=unstable' boot parameter")

added a new 'tsc=unstable' parameter, but didn't document it.

Document it.

Signed-off-by: Dou Liyang <douly.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com>
Cc: <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1507539813-11420-1-git-send-email-douly.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 05496622b4effb8212eb2175bea67f9a7bebe0d0..6b99c8b77c59105dac8cd4a52eaa7c026c4a1eca 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4194,6 +4194,9 @@
                        Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
                        platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting
                        can add overhead.
+                       [x86] unstable: mark the TSC clocksource as unstable, this
+                       marks the TSC unconditionally unstable at bootup and
+                       avoids any further wobbles once the TSC watchdog notices.
 
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