[PATCH net v3] net: stmmac: propagate PTP addend and system time programming errors

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf at kernel.org patchwork-bot+netdevbpf at kernel.org
Fri Oct 2 02:40:05 PDT 2026


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>:

On Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:10:11 +0200 you wrote:
> stmmac_update_subsecond_increment() ignores the error returned by
> stmmac_config_addend(), and stmmac_init_tstamp_counter() discards the
> addend and system time programming errors, always returning success. A
> failure to program the addend (PTP_TCR_TSADDREG) or to initialize the
> system time counter (PTP_TCR_TSINIT) is therefore silently swallowed,
> leaving the hardware timestamp counter in a non-running or partially
> configured state while the driver keeps operating as if timestamping
> were up. This matters for TAPRIO/EST offloading, which derives the gate
> base time from the hardware timestamp counter.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v3] net: stmmac: propagate PTP addend and system time programming errors
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/232d49dd4b40

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