netdev - Re: [PATCH] ravb: fix software timestamping

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Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:42:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	LinoSanfilippo@....de
Cc:	sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ravb: fix software timestamping

From: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 12:22:02 +0200

> In ravb_start_xmit dont call skb_tx_timestamp only when hardware
> timestamping is requested: in the latter case software timestamps are
> suppressed and thus the call of skb_tx_timestamp does not have any effect.
> 
> Instead call skb_tx_timestamp unconditionally in ravb_start_xmit, since
> the function checks itself if software timestamping is required or should
> be skipped due to hardware timestamping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>

Applied, thanks.