netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/4] gianfar: Added timer feature for eTSEC

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Date:	Wed, 7 Apr 2010 11:21:09 -0500
From:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
To:	Manfred Rudigier <Manfred.Rudigier@...cron.at>
Cc:	"'sandeep.kumar@...escale.com'" <sandeep.kumar@...escale.com>,
	"'netdev@...r.kernel.org'" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org'" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/4] gianfar: Added timer feature for eTSEC

On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 11:46:24AM +0200, Manfred Rudigier wrote:
>  	switch (config.tx_type) {
>  	case HWTSTAMP_TX_OFF:
> +		priv->hwts_tx_en = 0;
>  		break;
>  	case HWTSTAMP_TX_ON:
> +		if (!(priv->device_flags & FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_TIMER))
> +			return -ERANGE;
> +		priv->hwts_tx_en = 1;
>  		return -ERANGE;
>  	default:
>  		return -ERANGE;
> @@ -796,8 +802,12 @@ static int gfar_hwtstamp_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev,
>  
>  	switch (config.rx_filter) {
>  	case HWTSTAMP_FILTER_NONE:
> +		priv->hwts_rx_en = 0;
>  		break;
>  	default:
> +		if (!(priv->device_flags & FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_TIMER))
> +			return -ERANGE;
> +		priv->hwts_rx_en = 1;
>  		return -ERANGE;
>  	}

You need to acquire bflock (or avoid using bitfields for this), or you could
race with the setting of wol_en or rx_csum_enable.

-Scott
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