Re: [PATCH net 2/2] net: dsa: sja1105: always enable the send_meta options

[Vladimir Oltean]

Hi Simon,

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 03:35:23PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> Hi Vladimir,
> 
> this patch isn't that big, so I'm ok with it.  But it also isn't that
> small, so I'd just like to mention that a different approach might be a
> small patch that enables meta frame generation unconditionally, as a fix.
> And then, later, some cleanup, which seems to comprise most of this patch.
> 
> I do admit that I didn't try this. So it might not be sensible.  And as I
> said, I am ok with this patch. But I did think it was worth mentioning.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ...

Thanks for the feedback.

You're saying that it's preferable to leave sja1105_rxtstamp_set_state()
and sja1105_rxtstamp_get_state() where they are, accessible through
tagger_data->rxtstamp_set_state() and tagger_data->rxtstamp_get_state(),
but to only call tagger_data->rxtstamp_set_state() once, statically with
"true", and to never call tagger_data->rxtstamp_get_state()?

I probably could, but I'd have to delay the tagger_data->rxtstamp_set_state()
call until sja1105_connect_tag_protocol(); it's not going to be available
earlier. And this is going to be just filler code that I will then delete
as soon as net-next reopens.