netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] tsnep: Fix rotten packets

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Message-ID: <20221118172618.34c7097e@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:26:18 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@...leder-embedded.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] tsnep: Fix rotten packets

On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:14:38 +0100 Gerhard Engleder wrote:
> If PTP synchronisation is done every second, then sporadic the interval
> is higher than one second:
> 
> ptp4l[696.582]: master offset        -17 s2 freq   -1891 path delay 573
> ptp4l[697.582]: master offset        -22 s2 freq   -1901 path delay 573
> ptp4l[699.368]: master offset         -1 s2 freq   -1887 path delay 573
>       ^^^^^^^ Should be 698.582!
> 
> This problem is caused by rotten packets, which are received after
> polling but before interrupts are enabled again. This can be fixed by
> checking for pending work and rescheduling if necessary after interrupts
> has been enabled again.
> 
> Fixes: 403f69bbdbad ("tsnep: Add TSN endpoint Ethernet MAC driver")
> Signed-off-by: Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@...leder-embedded.com>

This patch needs to go to net separately :(
Packets getting stuck in a queue can cause real issues to users.