netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 03/11] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: move tc mult update in cpts_fifo

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Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 07:20:49 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Lokesh Vutla <lokeshvutla@...com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
        Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@...com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 03/11] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: move tc mult
 update in cpts_fifo_read()

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 09:42:36PM +0200, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> Now CPTS driver .adjfreq() generates request to read CPTS current time
> (CPTS_EV_PUSH) with intention to process all pending event using previous
> frequency adjustment values before switching to the new ones. So
> CPTS_EV_PUSH works as a marker to switch to the new frequency adjustment
> values. Current code assumes that all job is done in .adjfreq(), but after
> enabling IRQ this will not be true any more.
> 
> Hence save new frequency adjustment values (mult) and perform actual freq
> adjustment in cpts_fifo_read() immediately after CPTS_EV_PUSH is received.

Now THIS comment is much better!  The explanation here really should
be in the previous patch, to help poor reviewers like me.

Thanks,
Richard