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From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: Tan Tee Min <tee.min.tan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Tan Tee Min <tee.min.tan@intel.com>,
	Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@st.com>,
	Jose Abreu <joabreu@synopsys.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>,
	Rayagond Kokatanur <rayagond@vayavyalabs.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Voon Wei Feng <weifeng.voon@intel.com>,
	Wong Vee Khee <vee.khee.wong@intel.com>,
	Song Yoong Siang <yoong.siang.song@intel.com>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net: stmmac: add fsleep() in HW Rx timestamp checking loop
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:54:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220420125439.GA1401@hoboy.vegasvil.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220420051508.GA18173@linux.intel.com>

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 01:15:08PM +0800, Tan Tee Min wrote:
> No. The context descriptor (frame) is possibly still owned by the
> DMA controller in this situation.

So that is a problem.  The solution is to postpone this logic until
the driver owns the buffer.  Doesn't the HW offer some means of
notification, like an interrupt for example?

Thanks,
Richard


      reply	other threads:[~2022-04-20 12:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-13  4:01 [PATCH net 1/1] net: stmmac: add fsleep() in HW Rx timestamp checking loop Tan Tee Min
2022-04-13 12:59 ` Richard Cochran
2022-04-14  7:29   ` Tan Tee Min
2022-04-14  8:42     ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-04-19  0:52       ` Tan Tee Min
2022-04-19 13:28         ` Richard Cochran
2022-04-20  5:15           ` Tan Tee Min
2022-04-20 12:54             ` Richard Cochran [this message]

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