Timekeeping issues with Xeon Scalable Platform CPUs

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Unstable timestamp counter on Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 (and likely whole Scalable Platform Skylake family of Xeon CPUs) is causing issues with kernel tsc clocksource calibration and NTP synchronization.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Intel Xeon SP CPU
    • reported on Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154
  • HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10
    • BIOS U32 09/29/2017

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