Re: [Patch net-next v2 07/13] net: dsa: microchip: ptp: add packet reception timestamping

[Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 06:00:27AM +0000, Arun.Ramadoss@microchip.com wrote:
> I looked into the sja1105 and hellcreek rxtstamp() implementation.
> Here, SKB is queued in rxtstamp() and ptp_schedule_worker is started.
> In the work queue, skb is dequeued and current ptp hardware clock is
> read. Using the partial time stamp and phc clock, absolute time stamp
> is calculated and posted.
> In this KSZ implementation, ptp_schedule_worker is used for maintaining
> the ptp software clock which read value from hardware clock every
> second for faster access of clock value.
> 
> Based on the above observation, I have doubt on how to implement. Below
> are the algorithm. Kindly suggest which one to proceed.
> 1. Remove the existing ptp software clock mainpulation using
> ptp_schedule_worker. Instead in the ptp_schedule_worker, dequeue the
> skb and timestamp the rx packets by directly reading from the ptp
> hardware clock.
> 2. Keep the existing implementation, add the rxtstamp() where it will
> not queue skb instead just process the timestamping with using software
> clock and KSZ_SKB_CB()->tstamp.

Search more, you'll find felix_rxtstamp() which is closer to (2) and to
what you need. There, reading the 64-bit PTP time is done in NET_RX
softirq context because the register access is over MMIO. That might
change in the future with the introduction of the SPI controlled VSC7512,
but for now it is a good example.