netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 06/11] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: move tx timestamp processing to ptp worker only

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Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 07:29:50 -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 06/11] net: ethernet: ti: cpts: move tx
 timestamp processing to ptp worker only

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 09:42:39PM +0200, Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> Now the tx timestamp processing happens from different contexts - softirq
> and thread/PTP worker. Enabling IRQ will add one more hard_irq context.
> This makes over all defered TX timestamp processing and locking
> overcomplicated. Move tx timestamp processing to PTP worker always instead.
> 
> napi_rx->cpts_tx_timestamp
>  if ptp_packet then
>     push to txq
>     ptp_schedule_worker()
> 
> do_aux_work->cpts_overflow_check
>  cpts_process_events()

Since cpts_overflow_check() is performing new functions, consider
renaming it to match.

Thanks,
Richard