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

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Date:	Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:02:14 +0200
From:	eran ben elisha <eranlinuxmellanox@...il.com>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
	Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>,
	Achiad Shochat <achiad@...lanox.com>,
	saeedm@....mellanox.co.il, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2 3/4] net/mlx5e: Add HW timestamping (TS) support

> +void mlx5e_fill_hwstamp(struct mlx5e_tstamp *tstamp,
> +                       struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwts,
> +                       u64 timestamp)
> +{
> +       unsigned long flags;
> +       u64 nsec;
> +
> +       memset(hwts, 0, sizeof(struct skb_shared_hwtstamps));
> +       read_lock_irqsave(&tstamp->lock, flags);

Richard and others,
Any special reason to use read_lock_irqsave and not just read_lock?
On second thought could not see any good reason for that,
but saw many other examples which uses irqsave.

thanks,
Eran

> +       nsec = timecounter_cyc2time(&tstamp->clock, timestamp);
> +       read_unlock_irqrestore(&tstamp->lock, flags);
> +
> +       hwts->hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(nsec);
> +}
> +
> +static cycle_t mlx5e_read_clock(const struct cyclecounter *cc)
> +{
> +       struct mlx5e_tstamp *tstamp = container_of(cc, struct mlx5e_tstamp,
> +                                                  cycles);
> +       struct mlx5e_priv *priv = container_of(tstamp, struct mlx5e_priv,
> +                                              tstamp);
> +
> +       return mlx5_core_read_clock(priv->mdev) & cc->mask;
> +}
> +
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