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From: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, willemb@google.com,
	kuniyu@google.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
	Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC net-next 8/9] net: generate the start time for every skb in the rx path
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:37:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260919143732.11772-9-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260919143732.11772-1-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>

Extend net_timestamp_check(), so that it also records an in-kernel start
time in the skb's shared hwtstamps. This gives received skbs the same
start_time semantics that TCP already gives to transmitted skbs, letting
a BPF program compute how long an skb has spent in the stack.

In the receiving path, net_timestamp_check() will 1) reuse the hardware
timestamp because the hardware time always takes precedence, or 2) uses
skb->tstamp if any, or 3) generate a current timestamp.

Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4479fc87b789..8a9d2205a884 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2501,11 +2501,17 @@ static inline void net_timestamp_set(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		skb->tstamp = ktime_get_real();
 }
 
-#define net_timestamp_check(COND, SKB)				\
-	if (static_branch_unlikely(&netstamp_needed_key)) {	\
-		if ((COND) && !(SKB)->tstamp)			\
-			(SKB)->tstamp = ktime_get_real();	\
-	}							\
+#define net_timestamp_check(COND, SKB)					\
+	if (static_branch_unlikely(&netstamp_needed_key) ||		\
+	    static_branch_unlikely(&bpfts_v2_needed_key)) {		\
+		if (static_branch_unlikely(&netstamp_needed_key) &&	\
+		    (COND) && !(SKB)->tstamp)				\
+			(SKB)->tstamp = ktime_get_real();		\
+		if (static_branch_unlikely(&bpfts_v2_needed_key) &&	\
+		    !skb_hwtstamps(SKB)->hwtstamp)			\
+			skb_hwtstamps(SKB)->start_time =		\
+				(SKB)->tstamp ?: ktime_get_real();	\
+	}								\
 
 bool is_skb_forwardable(const struct net_device *dev, const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-- 
2.43.7


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-19 14:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-19 14:37 [PATCH RFC net-next 0/9] net: BPF Timestamping 2.0 for TCP Jason Xing
2026-09-19 14:37 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 1/9] net: add bpf_setsockopt for SK_BPF_CB_TIMESTAMPING_V2 Jason Xing
2026-09-20 14:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 14:37 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 2/9] bpf: add bpf_ktime_get_real_ns() kfunc Jason Xing
2026-09-20 14:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 14:37 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 3/9] tcp: record a start time in the tx path for SK_BPF_CB_TIMESTAMPING_V2 Jason Xing
2026-09-20 14:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 14:37 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 4/9] net: reuse skb_shared_hwtstamps for BPF Timestamping v2 Jason Xing
2026-09-20 14:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 14:37 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 5/9] net-timestamp: use pskb_copy to avoid polluting the orig skb's start time Jason Xing
2026-09-20 14:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 14:37 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 6/9] bpf-timestamping: restore skb hwtstamp if it is used by " Jason Xing
2026-09-20 14:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 14:37 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 7/9] tcp: propagate the start time onto every skb in the tx path Jason Xing
2026-09-20 14:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 14:37 ` Jason Xing [this message]
2026-09-20 14:39   ` [PATCH RFC net-next 8/9] net: generate the start time for every skb in the rx path sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 14:37 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 9/9] tcp: handle the start time of each split skb in the tx path Jason Xing
2026-09-20 14:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-19 18:12 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 0/9] net: BPF Timestamping 2.0 for TCP Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-20  0:41   ` Jason Xing
2026-09-21 18:45 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-09-22  1:20   ` Jason Xing
2026-09-22 20:53     ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-09-23  9:40       ` Jason Xing
2026-09-24 16:11         ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-09-30 10:21           ` Jason Xing

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