[PATCH net] net: stmmac: report phc_index as -1 when no PTP clock is registered
Lorenzo Bianconi
lorenzo.bianconi at oss.qualcomm.com
Sat Sep 12 14:16:24 PDT 2026
When hardware timestamping is supported but no PTP clock has been
registered yet (e.g. while the interface is down), stmmac_get_ts_info()
currently reports phc_index as 0. Zero is a valid PHC index and would
make userspace resolve the wrong clock; the absence of a clock should
be reported as -1, matching ethtool_init_tsinfo() and
ethtool_op_get_ts_info().
Report -1 when no PTP clock is available.
Fixes: 9364fa7fcf12 ("net: stmmac: Remove setting of RX software timestamp")
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi at oss.qualcomm.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
index 154cc0c7623d..eced707131cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ static int stmmac_get_ts_info(struct net_device *dev,
if (priv->ptp_clock)
info->phc_index = ptp_clock_index(priv->ptp_clock);
else
- info->phc_index = 0;
+ info->phc_index = -1;
info->tx_types = (1 << HWTSTAMP_TX_OFF) | (1 << HWTSTAMP_TX_ON);
---
base-commit: 78445023439506ebd83b86d40b1e428a3b309d4a
change-id: 20260912-stmmac-fix-phc_index-1ebf19cce076
Best regards,
--
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi at oss.qualcomm.com>
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