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SubjectRe: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: ensure PTP time register reads are consistent
On Thu, Feb 03, 2022 at 05:00:25PM +0100, Yannick Vignon wrote:
> From: Yannick Vignon <yannick.vignon@nxp.com>
>
> Even if protected from preemption and interrupts, a small time window
> remains when the 2 register reads could return inconsistent values,
> each time the "seconds" register changes. This could lead to an about
> 1-second error in the reported time.

Have you checked whether the hardware protects against this (i.o.w. the
hardware latches the PTP_STSR value when PTP_STNSR is read, or vice
versa? Several PTP devices I've looked at do this to allow consistent
reading.

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