netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] e1000e: add timeout for TX HW time stamping work

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Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:48:37 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
Cc:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/10] e1000e: add timeout for TX HW time
 stamping work

On Fri, 2014-03-14 at 18:34 +0100, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Hardware may fail to report time stamp e.g.:
>  - when hardware time stamping is not enabled
>  - when time stamp is requested shortly after ifup

trivia:

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
[]
> @@ -1155,6 +1155,12 @@ static void e1000e_tx_hwtstamp_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  		skb_tstamp_tx(adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skb, &shhwtstamps);
>  		dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skb);
>  		adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skb = NULL;
> +	} else if (time_after(jiffies, adapter->tx_hwtstamp_start
> +			      + adapter->tx_timeout_factor * HZ)) {
> +		dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skb);
> +		adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skb = NULL;
> +		adapter->tx_hwtstamp_timeouts++;
> +		e_warn("clearing Tx timestamp hang");

Missing \n termination



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