netdev - RE: [PATCH 3/3] gianfar: fix endianness for hardware timestamp

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:24:04 +0000
From:	Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@...escale.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/3] gianfar: fix endianness for hardware timestamp

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cochran [mailto:richardcochran@...il.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 4:48 PM
> To: Yangbo Lu
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; Claudiu Manoil
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] gianfar: fix endianness for hardware timestamp
> 
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 02:49:33PM +0800, Yangbo Lu wrote:
> > @@ -2708,6 +2708,7 @@ static void gfar_clean_tx_ring(struct
> gfar_priv_tx_q *tx_queue)
> >  			struct skb_shared_hwtstamps shhwtstamps;
> >  			u64 *ns = (u64 *)(((uintptr_t)skb->data + 0x10) &
> >  					  ~0x7UL);
> > +			*ns = be64_to_cpu(*ns);
> >
> >  			memset(&shhwtstamps, 0, sizeof(shhwtstamps));
> >  			shhwtstamps.hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(*ns);
> 
> There is no point in modifying the buffer data in place.
> 
> Instead, do this:
> 
> 			memset(&shhwtstamps, 0, sizeof(shhwtstamps));
> 			shhwtstamps.hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(be64_to_cpu(*ns));
> 
> or this:
> 
> 			u64 ns, *ptr = (u64 *)(((uintptr_t)skb->data + 0x10) &
> 					       ~0x7UL);
> 			ns = be64_to_cpu(*ptr);
> 
> 			memset(&shhwtstamps, 0, sizeof(shhwtstamps));
> 			shhwtstamps.hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(ns);
> 

[Lu Yangbo-B47093] I will modify codes according your suggestion.
Thank you so much!
 
> > @@ -3037,6 +3038,7 @@ static void gfar_process_frame(struct net_device
> *ndev, struct sk_buff *skb)
> >  	if (priv->hwts_rx_en) {
> >  		struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *shhwtstamps = skb_hwtstamps(skb);
> >  		u64 *ns = (u64 *) skb->data;
> > +		*ns = be64_to_cpu(*ns);
> >
> >  		memset(shhwtstamps, 0, sizeof(*shhwtstamps));
> >  		shhwtstamps->hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(*ns);
> 
> Same here.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard