From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: remove legacy way to get/set HW timestamp config
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:44:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260114224414.1225788-1-vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev> (raw)
With all drivers converted to use ndo_hwstamp callbacks the legacy way
can be removed, marking ioctl interface as deprecated.
Signed-off-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
---
net/core/dev_ioctl.c | 60 ++++++++++++--------------------------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 53a53357cfef..7a8966544c9d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static int dev_get_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)
int err;
if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get)
- return dev_eth_ioctl(dev, ifr, SIOCGHWTSTAMP); /* legacy */
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (!netif_device_present(dev))
return -ENODEV;
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int dev_set_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)
}
if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set)
- return dev_eth_ioctl(dev, ifr, SIOCSHWTSTAMP); /* legacy */
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (!netif_device_present(dev))
return -ENODEV;
@@ -438,48 +438,23 @@ static int dev_set_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)
return 0;
}
-static int generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(struct net_device *dev, int cmd,
- struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_cfg)
-{
- struct ifreq ifrr;
- int err;
-
- if (!kernel_cfg->ifr)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- strscpy_pad(ifrr.ifr_name, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
- ifrr.ifr_ifru = kernel_cfg->ifr->ifr_ifru;
-
- err = dev_eth_ioctl(dev, &ifrr, cmd);
- if (err)
- return err;
-
- kernel_cfg->ifr->ifr_ifru = ifrr.ifr_ifru;
- kernel_cfg->copied_to_user = true;
-
- return 0;
-}
-
int generic_hwtstamp_get_lower(struct net_device *dev,
struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_cfg)
{
const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+ int err;
if (!netif_device_present(dev))
return -ENODEV;
- if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get) {
- int err;
-
- netdev_lock_ops(dev);
- err = dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg);
- netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+ if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- return err;
- }
+ netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+ err = dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg);
+ netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
- /* Legacy path: unconverted lower driver */
- return generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(dev, SIOCGHWTSTAMP, kernel_cfg);
+ return err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_hwtstamp_get_lower);
@@ -488,22 +463,19 @@ int generic_hwtstamp_set_lower(struct net_device *dev,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+ int err;
if (!netif_device_present(dev))
return -ENODEV;
- if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set) {
- int err;
-
- netdev_lock_ops(dev);
- err = dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg, extack);
- netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+ if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- return err;
- }
+ netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+ err = dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg, extack);
+ netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
- /* Legacy path: unconverted lower driver */
- return generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(dev, SIOCSHWTSTAMP, kernel_cfg);
+ return err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_hwtstamp_set_lower);
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-14 22:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-14 22:44 Vadim Fedorenko [this message]
2026-01-14 22:44 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] selftests: drv-net: extend HW timestamp test with ioctl Vadim Fedorenko
2026-01-15 12:03 ` Kory Maincent
2026-01-16 4:10 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-01-16 6:12 ` Vadim Fedorenko
2026-01-15 11:58 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: remove legacy way to get/set HW timestamp config Kory Maincent
2026-01-15 12:31 ` Vadim Fedorenko
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