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

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Message-ID: <1394839231.2167.96.camel@jtkirshe-mobl>
Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:20:31 -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 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
> 
> Timeout time stamp reading work to prevent it from
> scheduling itself indefinitely. Report timeout events
> via system log and device stats.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h   | 2 ++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c | 1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c  | 7 +++++++
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

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

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