netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fec: ptp: avoid register access when ipg clock is disabled

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Message-ID: <20210225171454.GD17490@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date:   Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:14:54 -0800
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Heiko Thiery <heiko.thiery@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fec: ptp: avoid register access when ipg clock
 is disabled

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 03:05:32PM +0100, Heiko Thiery wrote:

> But the explanation why it is currently disabled that way can be found
> in the commit 91c0d987a9788dcc5fe26baafd73bf9242b68900.

Okay, without re-factoring the entire driver, I agree that the gettime
lock up aught to be fixed in a similar way.  I missed the original
patch, but the diff fragment in this thread doesn't appear to take the
mutex as it should.

Thanks,
Richard