stmmac: add tx_skbuff_dma to save descriptors used by PTP
This patch adds a new pointer variable called "tx_skbuff_dma" to private data structure. This variable will holds the physical address of packet to be transmitted & same will be used to free/unmap the memory once the corresponding packet is transmitted by device. Prior to this patch the descriptor buffer pointer(ie des2) itself was being used for freeing/unmapping the buffer memory. But in case PTP v1 with normal descriptor the field(des2) will be overwritten by device with timestamp value, hence driver will loose the buffer pointer to be freed/unmapped. Signed-off-by: Rayagond Kokatanur <rayagond@vayavyalabs.com> Acked-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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