Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] io_uring cmd for tx timestamps

[Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>]

On 6/12/25 10:09, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
> Vadim Fedorenko suggested to add an alternative API for receiving
> tx timestamps through io_uring. The series introduces io_uring socket
> cmd for fetching tx timestamps, which is a polled multishot request,
> i.e. internally polling the socket for POLLERR and posts timestamps
> when they're arrives. For the API description see Patch 5.
> 
> It reuses existing timestamp infra and takes them from the socket's
> error queue. For networking people the important parts are Patch 1,
> and io_uring_cmd_timestamp() from Patch 5 walking the error queue.
> 
> It should be reasonable to take it through the io_uring tree once
> we have consensus, but let me know if there are any concerns.
> 
> v3: Add a flag to distinguish sw vs hw timestamp. skb_get_tx_timestamp()
>      from Patch 1 now returns the indication of that, and in Patch 5
>      it's converted into a io_uring CQE bit flag.

FWIW, it's a relatively small change, but I dropped all review tags.

Also I pruned the test I've been using (derived from the tx-timestamp
selftest). Pushed it here:

https://github.com/isilence/liburing/tree/tx-timestamp

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Pavel Begunkov