[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/octeontx2: fix dynamic registration for timestamp
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Tue Nov 3 16:41:14 CET 2020
03/11/2020 16:20, Harman Kalra:
> Registration of timestamp field should be done once and
Why?
Next registrations does nothing, it is not a problem.
> only when ptp kernel changes are successful.
Rx timestamp can be useful without PTP.
> --- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
> @@ -2225,16 +2225,6 @@ otx2_nix_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
> if (otx2_ethdev_is_ptp_en(dev) && otx2_dev_is_vf(dev))
> otx2_nix_ptp_enable_vf(eth_dev);
NIX_RX_OFFLOAD_TSTAMP_F is set in above function.
Is it useless? Or should we register timestamp below?
> - if (dev->rx_offload_flags & NIX_RX_OFFLOAD_TSTAMP_F) {
> - rc = rte_mbuf_dyn_rx_timestamp_register(
> - &dev->tstamp.tstamp_dynfield_offset,
> - &dev->tstamp.rx_tstamp_dynflag);
> - if (rc != 0) {
> - otx2_err("Failed to register Rx timestamp field/flag");
> - return -rte_errno;
> - }
> - }
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