Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: mvpp2: tai: add refcount for ptp worker

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 07:01:49PM +0300, Shmuel Hazan wrote:
> In some configurations, a single TAI can be responsible for multiple
> mvpp2 interfaces. However, the mvpp2 driver will call mvpp22_tai_stop
> and mvpp22_tai_start per interface RX timestamp disable/enable.
> 
> As a result, disabling timestamping for one interface would stop the
> worker and corrupt the other interface's RX timestamps.
> 
> This commit solves the issue by introducing a simpler ref count for each
> TAI instance.

This is version 2, so you should add that to the subject line.  You
should also indicate what changed since the previous version.

Please read https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

You have added Fixes: tags, so you think this is a fix for stable? You
then should indicate this on the Subject line.
 
> Fixes: ce3497e2072e ("net: mvpp2: ptp: add support for receive timestamping")
> Signed-off-by: Shmuel Hazan <shmuel.h@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew