Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] net: fec: ptp: avoid register access when ipg clock is disabled

Jakub Kicinski
2021-02-26T23:46:00Z

On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 07:23:31 -0800 Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 10:15:16PM +0100, Heiko Thiery wrote:
> > When accessing the timecounter register on an i.MX8MQ the kernel hangs.
> > This is only the case when the interface is down. This can be reproduced
> > by reading with 'phc_ctrl eth0 get'.
> >
> > Like described in the change in 91c0d987a9788dcc5fe26baafd73bf9242b68900
> > the igp clock is disabled when the interface is down and leads to a
> > system hang.
> >
> > So we check if the ptp clock status before reading the timecounter
> > register.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Heiko Thiery <heiko.thiery@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - add mutex (thanks to Richard)
> >
> > v3:
> > I did a mistake and did not test properly
> > - add parenteses
> > - fix the used variable

On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 08:22:50 +0100 Heiko Thiery wrote:
> Sorry for the noise. But just realized that I sent a v3 version of the
> patch but forgot to update the subject line (still v2). Should I
> resend it with the correct subject?

No need, looks like patchwork caught the right version.

> Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>

Applied, thanks!