netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] bnxt_en: cache only 24 bits of hw counter

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Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:40:45 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Vadim Fedorenko <vadfed@...a.com>
Cc: vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev, michael.chan@...adcom.com,
 pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com, kuba@...nel.org, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
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 richardcochran@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 1/2] bnxt_en: cache only 24 bits of hw counter

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 13:51:07 -0800 you wrote:
> This hardware can provide only 48 bits of cycle counter. We can leave
> only 24 bits in the cache to extend RX timestamps from 32 bits to 48
> bits. Lower 8 bits of the cached value will be used to check for
> roll-over while extending to full 48 bits.
> This change makes cache writes atomic even on 32 bit platforms and we
> can simply use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() pair and remove spinlock. The
> configuration structure will be also reduced by 4 bytes.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v5,1/2] bnxt_en: cache only 24 bits of hw counter
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/bb2ef9b92bdf
  - [net-next,v5,2/2] bnxt_en: replace PTP spinlock with seqlock
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6c0828d00f07

You are awesome, thank you!
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