ice: remove ptp_tx ring parameter flag
Before performing a Tx timestamp in ice_stamp(), the driver checks a ptp_tx ring variable to see if timestamping is enabled on that ring. This value is set for all rings whenever userspace configures Tx timestamping. Ostensibly this was done to avoid wasting cycles checking other fields when timestamping has not been enabled. However, for Tx timestamps we already get an individual per-SKB flag indicating whether userspace wants to request a timestamp on that packet. We do not gain much by also having a separate flag to check for whether timestamping was enabled. In fact, the driver currently fails to restore the field after a PF reset. Because of this, if a PF reset occurs, timestamps will be disabled. Since this flag doesn't add value in the hotpath, remove it and always provide a timestamp if the SKB flag has been set. A following change will fix the reset path to properly restore user timestamping configuration completely. This went unnoticed for some time because one of the most common applications using Tx timestamps, ptp4l, will reconfigure the socket as part of its fault recovery logic. Fixes: ea9b847c ("ice: enable transmit timestamps for E810 devices") Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel) Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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