Re: [PATCH net v3 1/1] igc: read before write to SRRCTL register

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Mon Apr 17 2023 - 14:50:12 EST


On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 02:53:13 +0000 Zulkifli, Muhammad Husaini wrote:
> Are you observing similar issue like below?
> ptp4l: timed out while polling for tx timestamp
> ptp4l: increasing tx_timestamp_timeout may correct this issue
>
> If yes, only TXSTAMPO register is used for both PTP and non-PTP packets in
> the current driver code. There is a possibility that the time stamp
> for a PTP packet will be lost when there is a lot of traffic when multiple
> applications request for hardware transmission timestamps.
> Few months back, I submitted a patch series to enable the DMA
> Timestamp for non-ptp packet which can resolve the above issue.
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20221018010733.4765-1-muhammad.husaini.zulkifli@xxxxxxxxx/T/
> Will continuing back the activity soon.

FWIW the work on selecting the source of the timestamp is progressing
slowly:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230406173308.401924-1-kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx/