linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] e1000e: Populate entire system_counterval_t in get_time

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Message-ID: <CANDhNCqQ0JgCN+5sThMT3nnNxVHR351LM75eUMqMaHucGyhneg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 19:10:21 -0700
From: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
To: Markus Blöchl <markus@...chl.de>
Cc: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, 
	Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, 
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, markus.bloechl@...tronik.com, 
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e1000e: Populate entire system_counterval_t in
 get_time_fn() callback

On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM Markus Blöchl <markus@...chl.de> wrote:
>
> get_time_fn() callback implementations are expected to fill out the
> entire system_counterval_t struct as it may be initially uninitialized.
>
> This broke with the removal of convert_art_to_tsc() helper functions
> which left use_nsecs uninitialized.
>
> Assign the entire struct again.
>
> Fixes: bd48b50be50a ("e1000e: Replace convert_art_to_tsc()")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Acked-by: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>

thanks
-john