netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: micrel: Fix receiving the timestamp in the frame for lan8841

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Message-ID: <20240513195010.GW2787@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 20:50:10 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>
Cc: andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, richardcochran@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: micrel: Fix receiving the timestamp in the
 frame for lan8841

On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 09:21:57PM +0200, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> The blamed commit started to use the ptp workqueue to get the second
> part of the timestamp. And when the port was set down, then this
> workqueue is stopped. But if the config option NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING
> is not enabled, then the ptp_clock is not initialized so then it would
> crash when it would try to access the delayed work.
> So then basically by setting up and then down the port, it would crash.
> The fix consists in checking if the ptp_clock is initialized and only
> then cancel the delayed work.
> 
> Fixes: cc7554954848 ("net: micrel: Change to receive timestamp in the frame for lan8841")
> Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>