netdev - RE: [PATCH] Check for SKBTX_HW

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Message-ID: <02874ECE860811409154E81DA85FBB589232605D@ORSMSX121.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:46:34 +0000
From:   "Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     Harini Katakam <harinik@...inx.com>,
        Paul Thomas <pthomas8589@...il.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] Check for SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP in macb driver

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harini Katakam [mailto:harinik@...inx.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:40 PM
> To: Paul Thomas <pthomas8589@...il.com>
> Cc: Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Check for SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP in macb driver
> 
> Hi Paul, Jake,
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 5:01 AM Paul Thomas <pthomas8589@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 7:07 PM Keller, Jacob E
> > <jacob.e.keller@...el.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Paul Thomas [mailto:pthomas8589@...il.com]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 3:05 PM
> > > > To: Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
> > > > Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Check for SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP in macb driver
> > > >
> > > > Hi Jake, thanks for all the help and for looking at this!
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > You have two conditionals inside, and I misread where you were doing the
> checking
> > > > of the SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP flag.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would do the following :
> > > > >
> > > > > if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HWTSTAMP) &&
> > > > >     gem_ptp_do_txstamp(queue, skb, desc)) {
> 
> Thanks for looking into this. Shouldn't this be:
>  if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HWTSTAMP) &&
>       (gem_ptp_do_txstamp(queue, skb, desc) == 0)) {
> 
> Regards,
> Harini

Yes, you're correct, because gem_ptp_do_txstamp doesn't use the "non-zero = error code" pattern.

Thanks,
Jake