5 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index f0badfdd4e45..e77f8e1cf7aa 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static void __cpuinit init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		 */  
 		if (vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_CYRIX &&
 	 (device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_CYRIX_5510 || device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_CYRIX_5520))
-			mark_tsc_unstable();
+			mark_tsc_unstable("cyrix 5510/5520 detected");
 	}
 #endif
 		c->x86_cache_size=16;	/* Yep 16K integrated cache thats it */
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
index 6cb8f5336732..755209dc93e1 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val, void *data)
 				 * TSC based sched_clock turns
 				 * to junk w/ cpufreq
 				 */
-				mark_tsc_unstable();
+				mark_tsc_unstable("cpufreq changes");
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -281,11 +281,12 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc = {
 				  CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY,
 };
 
-void mark_tsc_unstable(void)
+void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason)
 {
 	if (!tsc_unstable) {
 		tsc_unstable = 1;
 		tsc_enabled = 0;
+		printk("Marking TSC unstable due to: %s.\n", reason);
 		/* Can be called before registration */
 		if (clocksource_tsc.mult)
 			clocksource_change_rating(&clocksource_tsc, 0);
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index 5f862e216a42..91c9066a380d 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 		cpu_khz = tsc_calibrate_cpu_khz();
 
 	if (unsynchronized_tsc())
-		mark_tsc_unstable();
+		mark_tsc_unstable("TSCs unsynchronized");
 
 	if (cpu_has(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP))
 		vgetcpu_mode = VGETCPU_RDTSCP;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
index 5c84992c676d..48f9a8e6aa91 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static int time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 
 		tsc_khz = cpufreq_scale(tsc_khz_ref, ref_freq, freq->new);
 		if (!(freq->flags & CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS))
-			mark_tsc_unstable();
+			mark_tsc_unstable("cpufreq changes");
 	}
 
 	set_cyc2ns_scale(tsc_khz_ref);
@@ -199,10 +199,11 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc = {
 	.vread			= vread_tsc,
 };
 
-void mark_tsc_unstable(void)
+void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason)
 {
 	if (!tsc_unstable) {
 		tsc_unstable = 1;
+		printk("Marking TSC unstable due to %s\n", reason);
 		/* Change only the rating, when not registered */
 		if (clocksource_tsc.mult)
 			clocksource_change_rating(&clocksource_tsc, 0);
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc_sync.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc_sync.c
index 72d444dede9b..355f5f506c81 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc_sync.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc_sync.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void __cpuinit check_tsc_sync_source(int cpu)
 		printk("\n");
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Measured %Ld cycles TSC warp between CPUs,"
 				    " turning off TSC clock.\n", max_warp);
-		mark_tsc_unstable();
+		mark_tsc_unstable("check_tsc_sync_source failed");
 		nr_warps = 0;
 		max_warp = 0;
 		last_tsc = 0;