When accessing the timecounter register on an i.MX8MQ the kernel hangs. This is only the case when the interface is down. This can be reproduced by reading with 'phc_ctrl eth0 get'.
Like described in the change in 91c0d987a9788dcc5fe26baafd73bf9242b68900 the igp clock is disabled when the interface is down and leads to a system hang. So we check if the ptp clock status before reading the timecounter register. Signed-off-by: Heiko Thiery <heiko.thi...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c index 2e344aada4c6..c9882083da02 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c @@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ static int fec_ptp_gettime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, struct timespec64 *ts) u64 ns; unsigned long flags; + /* Check the ptp clock */ + if (!adapter->ptp_clk_on) + return -EINVAL; spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->tmreg_lock, flags); ns = timecounter_read(&adapter->tc); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->tmreg_lock, flags); -- 2.30.0