linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/6] ethtool: add interface to read Tx hardware timestamping statistics

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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:16:42 -0700
From: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 1/6] ethtool: add interface to read Tx hardware
 timestamping statistics


On Thu, 14 Mar, 2024 12:06:47 -0700 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:43:07 -0700 Rahul Rameshbabu wrote:
>> > I don't understand.
>> > Are you sure you changef the kernel to use uint, rebuilt and
>> > there is no ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_PAD anywhere, anymore?  
>> 
>> Sorry, I was not as clear as I could have been with my last reply. I did
>> leave ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_PAD in when I tested (intentionally). I was
>> trying to mimic other ethtool stats implementations, but you are saying
>> that in general there is no need for this padding (which I agree with)
>> and I can remove that unnecessary offset. It'll be different from the
>> existing stats, but I am ok with that.
>
> Yes, the small divergence is fine - uint is pretty recent addition.

Yes, the uint suggestion is great since we no longer need to depend on
the padding. Thanks for the feedback. Accounted for in my patches.

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Thanks,

Rahul Rameshbabu