netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 08/10] igb: fix race conditions on queuing skb for HW time stamp

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Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:18:30 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 08/10] igb: fix race conditions on queuing skb
 for HW time stamp

On Fri, 2014-03-14 at 18:34 +0100, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> igb has a single set of TX time stamping resources per NIC.
> Use a simple bit lock to avoid race conditions and leaking skbs
> when multiple TX rings try to claim time stamping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h      | 3 ++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 3 ++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c  | 3 +++
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Thanks Jakub, I will add this patch to my queue.

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