Re: [net-next 12/14] igb: Add mechanism for detecting latched hardware Rx timestamp

Richard Cochran
2013-01-17T15:38:18Z

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 03:35:17AM -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Matthew Vick <matthew.vick@intel.com>
>
> Add a check against possible Rx timestamp freezing in the hardware via
> watchdog mechanism. This situation can occur when an Rx timestamp has been
> latched, but the packet has been dropped because the Rx ring is full.

Does this also need fixing in stable?

The igb patches look okay to me.

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