netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sfc: complete the next packet when we receive a timestamp

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Date:   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:06:32 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tzhao@...arflare.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sfc: complete the next packet when we receive
 a timestamp

From: Tom Zhao <tzhao@...arflare.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:08:37 +0000

> We now ignore the "completion" event when using tx queue timestamping, and only
> pay attention to the two (high and low) timestamp events. The NIC will send a
> pair of timestamp events for every packet transmitted. The current firmware may
> merge the completion events, and it is possible that future versions may
> reorder the completion and timestamp events. As such the completion event is
> not useful.
> 
> Without this patch in place a merged completion event on a queue with
> timestamping will cause a "spurious TX completion" error. This affects
> SFN8000-series adapters.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Zhao <tzhao@...arflare.com>

This does not apply to net-next.