netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next V2 3/4] net/mlx5e: Add HW timestamping (TS) support

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Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2015 18:01:54 +0100
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
Cc:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
	Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>,
	Majd Dibbiny <majd@...lanox.com>,
	Achiad Shochat <achiad@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2 3/4] net/mlx5e: Add HW timestamping (TS)
 support

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 12:00:52PM +0200, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> Ok, but what will happen if somehow tstamp->overflow_period is zero ?
> the work will run too rapidly.
> don't we need to have protection against such case.

Why not return an error in that case?

Thanks,
Richard
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