netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: renesas: rswitch: Fix timestamp feature after all descriptors are used

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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 17:25:41 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>
Cc: s.shtylyov@....ru, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	Phong Hoang <phong.hoang.wz@...esas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: renesas: rswitch: Fix timestamp feature
 after all descriptors are used

On Wed, Jun 07, 2023 at 04:01:41PM +0900, Yoshihiro Shimoda wrote:
> The timestamp descriptors were intended to act cyclically. Descriptors
> from index 0 through gq->ring_size - 1 contain actual information, and
> the last index (gq->ring_size) should have LINKFIX to indicate
> the first index 0 descriptor. However, thie LINKFIX value is missing,

Hi Shimoda-san,

a very minor nit, in case you end up posting a v3 for some other reason:

	thie -> the

> causing the timestamp feature to stop after all descriptors are used.
> To resolve this issue, set the LINKFIX to the timestamp descritors.
> 
> Reported-by: Phong Hoang <phong.hoang.wz@...esas.com>
> Fixes: 33f5d733b589 ("net: renesas: rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy")

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