Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] ice: restore PTP Rx timestamp config after ethtool set-channels

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 10:16:53AM +0200, Grzegorz Nitka wrote:
> When ethtool -L changes queue counts, ice_vsi_recfg_qs() closes and
> rebuilds the VSI, reallocating Rx rings. The newly allocated rings have
> ptp_rx cleared, so RX hardware timestamps are no longer attached to skb
> until hwtstamp configuration is applied again.
> 
> Restore timestamp mode after ice_vsi_open() in the queue reconfiguration
> path, matching reset/rebuild behavior and ensuring newly rebuilt Rx rings
> have PTP RX timestamping re-enabled.
> 
> Testing hints:
> - run ptp4l application in client synchronization mode:
> 	 ptp4l -i ethX -m -s
> - run PTP traffic
> - change queue number on ethX netdev interface:
> 	ethtool -L ethX combined new_queue_size
> - observe ptp4l output
> - expected result: no "received DELAY_REQ without timestamp" messages
> 
> Fixes: 77a781155a65 ("ice: enable receive hardware timestamping")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Nitka <grzegorz.nitka@intel.com>

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

FTR: There is an AI-generated review of this patch available on sashiko.dev.
     I do not believe any of the issues raised there should block progress
     of this patch.