* [PATCH iwl-net 1/2] igb: Fix race condition in PTP tx code
2026-08-15 1:08 [PATCH iwl-net 0/2] igb: PTP Tx timestamp state fixes Shivani Gupta
@ 2026-08-15 1:08 ` Shivani Gupta
2026-08-15 1:08 ` [PATCH iwl-net 2/2] igb: Clear pending Tx timestamp requests when disabling Tx timestamping Shivani Gupta
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From: Shivani Gupta @ 2026-08-15 1:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: intel-wired-lan, Tony Nguyen, Przemek Kitszel
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Richard Cochran, Jacob Keller,
Matthew Vick, Vinicius Costa Gomes, Kurt Kanzenbach,
Aleksandr Loktionov
igb stores one outstanding hardware Tx timestamp request in ptp_tx_skb.
The state bit used for admission is atomic, but ptp_tx_skb and
ptp_tx_start are accessed without common synchronization by the
transmit path, timestamp worker, watchdog, error cleanup, and suspend
path.
The watchdog can run after the transmit path sets the state bit and
stores the skb but before it refreshes ptp_tx_start. If the previous
request is older than IGB_PTP_TX_TIMEOUT, the watchdog treats the new
request as timed out and releases its timestamp reference. A later
hardware latch can then be associated with another request.
Add ptp_tx_lock and use it for all accesses to the request pointer and
start time. Initialize the lock during software setup, before
register_netdev() can expose the watchdog and transmit paths. The
pointer itself now provides admission control, so remove
__IGB_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS.
The worker and watchdog share a lock-held timeout helper. The watchdog
no longer calls cancel_work_sync(), which would deadlock while holding
the new lock and is unnecessary because the worker rechecks the pointer
under that lock.
Also remove cancel_work_sync() from the ndo_start_xmit error path, where
sleeping is not allowed. Clear the slot only if it still belongs to the
skb whose transmit failed, so a completed request cannot make error
cleanup discard a replacement request. Suspend retains synchronous
cancellation outside the lock before freeing the pending reference.
This follows the locking model introduced for igc by commit
9c50e2b150c8 ("igc: Fix race condition in PTP tx code"), with the
additional 82576 polling and transmit-error paths required by igb.
Fixes: e5f36ad14c93 ("igb: check for Tx timestamp timeouts during watchdog")
Fixes: 74344e32fcc0 ("igb: avoid permanent lock of *_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS")
Signed-off-by: Shivani Gupta <shivani07g@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h | 3 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 25 ++++--
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c | 104 +++++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
index 0fff1df81b7b..ecd284f51d3e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
@@ -625,6 +625,8 @@ struct igb_adapter {
struct ptp_clock_info ptp_caps;
struct delayed_work ptp_overflow_work;
struct work_struct ptp_tx_work;
+ /* Access to ptp_tx_skb and ptp_tx_start is protected by ptp_tx_lock. */
+ spinlock_t ptp_tx_lock;
struct sk_buff *ptp_tx_skb;
struct kernel_hwtstamp_config tstamp_config;
unsigned long ptp_tx_start;
@@ -714,7 +716,6 @@ enum e1000_state_t {
__IGB_TESTING,
__IGB_RESETTING,
__IGB_DOWN,
- __IGB_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS,
};
enum igb_boards {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index a1e89a375744..fc70f7aa4ce0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -4062,6 +4062,8 @@ static int igb_sw_init(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
adapter->max_frame_size = netdev->mtu + IGB_ETH_PKT_HDR_PAD;
adapter->min_frame_size = ETH_ZLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN;
+ /* The netdev watchdog can run as soon as the device is registered. */
+ spin_lock_init(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock);
spin_lock_init(&adapter->nfc_lock);
spin_lock_init(&adapter->stats64_lock);
@@ -6561,10 +6563,11 @@ netdev_tx_t igb_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP)) {
struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(tx_ring->netdev);
+ unsigned long flags;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
if (adapter->tstamp_config.tx_type == HWTSTAMP_TX_ON &&
- !test_and_set_bit_lock(__IGB_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS,
- &adapter->state)) {
+ !adapter->ptp_tx_skb) {
skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS;
tx_flags |= IGB_TX_FLAGS_TSTAMP;
@@ -6575,6 +6578,7 @@ netdev_tx_t igb_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
} else {
adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skipped++;
}
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
}
if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
@@ -6603,12 +6607,19 @@ netdev_tx_t igb_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
cleanup_tx_tstamp:
if (unlikely(tx_flags & IGB_TX_FLAGS_TSTAMP)) {
struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(tx_ring->netdev);
+ unsigned long flags;
- dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
- adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
- if (adapter->hw.mac.type == e1000_82576)
- cancel_work_sync(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
- clear_bit_unlock(__IGB_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS, &adapter->state);
+ /* ndo_start_xmit runs in atomic context, so the scheduled
+ * ptp_tx_work cannot be cancelled here. It checks
+ * ptp_tx_skb under ptp_tx_lock and does nothing once the
+ * pending timestamp request is cleared.
+ */
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
+ if (adapter->ptp_tx_skb == skb) {
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
+ adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
}
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
index 638d8242b66b..3cc05f9198f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
@@ -796,6 +796,21 @@ static int igb_ptp_verify_pin(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, unsigned int pin,
return 0;
}
+/* Requires adapter->ptp_tx_lock held by caller. */
+static void igb_ptp_tx_timeout(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
+{
+ struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
+ adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
+ adapter->tx_hwtstamp_timeouts++;
+ /* Clear the tx valid bit in TSYNCTXCTL register to enable
+ * interrupt
+ */
+ rd32(E1000_TXSTMPH);
+ dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "clearing Tx timestamp hang\n");
+}
+
/**
* igb_ptp_tx_work
* @work: pointer to work struct
@@ -808,23 +823,18 @@ static void igb_ptp_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
struct igb_adapter *adapter = container_of(work, struct igb_adapter,
ptp_tx_work);
struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+ unsigned long flags;
u32 tsynctxctl;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
+
if (!adapter->ptp_tx_skb)
- return;
+ goto unlock;
if (time_is_before_jiffies(adapter->ptp_tx_start +
IGB_PTP_TX_TIMEOUT)) {
- dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
- adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
- clear_bit_unlock(__IGB_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS, &adapter->state);
- adapter->tx_hwtstamp_timeouts++;
- /* Clear the tx valid bit in TSYNCTXCTL register to enable
- * interrupt
- */
- rd32(E1000_TXSTMPH);
- dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "clearing Tx timestamp hang\n");
- return;
+ igb_ptp_tx_timeout(adapter);
+ goto unlock;
}
tsynctxctl = rd32(E1000_TSYNCTXCTL);
@@ -833,6 +843,9 @@ static void igb_ptp_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
else
/* reschedule to check later */
schedule_work(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
+
+unlock:
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
}
static void igb_ptp_overflow_check(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -897,32 +910,45 @@ void igb_ptp_rx_hang(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
*/
void igb_ptp_tx_hang(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
{
- struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
- bool timeout = time_is_before_jiffies(adapter->ptp_tx_start +
- IGB_PTP_TX_TIMEOUT);
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
if (!adapter->ptp_tx_skb)
- return;
+ goto unlock;
- if (!test_bit(__IGB_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS, &adapter->state))
- return;
+ if (time_is_after_jiffies(adapter->ptp_tx_start + IGB_PTP_TX_TIMEOUT))
+ goto unlock;
/* If we haven't received a timestamp within the timeout, it is
* reasonable to assume that it will never occur, so we can unlock the
* timestamp bit when this occurs.
*/
- if (timeout) {
- cancel_work_sync(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
- dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
- adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
- clear_bit_unlock(__IGB_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS, &adapter->state);
- adapter->tx_hwtstamp_timeouts++;
- /* Clear the tx valid bit in TSYNCTXCTL register to enable
- * interrupt
- */
- rd32(E1000_TXSTMPH);
- dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "clearing Tx timestamp hang\n");
- }
+ igb_ptp_tx_timeout(adapter);
+
+unlock:
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * igb_ptp_clear_tx_tstamp - drop a pending Tx timestamp request
+ * @adapter: private network adapter structure
+ *
+ * Cancel the timestamp retrieval work and free a pending timestamp skb.
+ *
+ * Context: Must be called in sleepable context with ptp_tx_lock not held;
+ * cancel_work_sync() waits for igb_ptp_tx_work() which takes it.
+ */
+static void igb_ptp_clear_tx_tstamp(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ cancel_work_sync(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
+ adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
}
/**
@@ -932,6 +958,8 @@ void igb_ptp_tx_hang(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
* If we were asked to do hardware stamping and such a time stamp is
* available, then it must have been for this skb here because we only
* allow only one such packet into the queue.
+ *
+ * Context: Expects adapter->ptp_tx_lock to be held by caller.
**/
static void igb_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
{
@@ -963,15 +991,14 @@ static void igb_ptp_tx_hwtstamp(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
shhwtstamps.hwtstamp =
ktime_add_ns(shhwtstamps.hwtstamp, adjust);
- /* Clear the lock early before calling skb_tstamp_tx so that
- * applications are not woken up before the lock bit is clear. We use
- * a copy of the skb pointer to ensure other threads can't change it
- * while we're notifying the stack.
+ /* Clear the pending request before calling skb_tstamp_tx so that
+ * a new timestamp request can be accepted. We use a copy of the skb
+ * pointer to ensure other threads can't change it while we're
+ * notifying the stack.
*/
adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
- clear_bit_unlock(__IGB_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS, &adapter->state);
- /* Notify the stack and free the skb after we've unlocked */
+ /* Notify the stack and free the skb */
skb_tstamp_tx(skb, &shhwtstamps);
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
}
@@ -1434,12 +1461,7 @@ void igb_ptp_suspend(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
if (adapter->ptp_flags & IGB_PTP_OVERFLOW_CHECK)
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adapter->ptp_overflow_work);
- cancel_work_sync(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
- if (adapter->ptp_tx_skb) {
- dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
- adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
- clear_bit_unlock(__IGB_PTP_TX_IN_PROGRESS, &adapter->state);
- }
+ igb_ptp_clear_tx_tstamp(adapter);
}
/**
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2026-08-15 1:08 [PATCH iwl-net 0/2] igb: PTP Tx timestamp state fixes Shivani Gupta
2026-08-15 1:08 ` [PATCH iwl-net 1/2] igb: Fix race condition in PTP tx code Shivani Gupta
@ 2026-08-15 1:08 ` Shivani Gupta
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Shivani Gupta @ 2026-08-15 1:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: intel-wired-lan, Tony Nguyen, Przemek Kitszel
Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Richard Cochran, Jacob Keller,
Matthew Vick, Vinicius Costa Gomes, Kurt Kanzenbach,
Aleksandr Loktionov
Disabling Tx hardware timestamping clears TSYNCTXCTL.EN but leaves an
outstanding request in ptp_tx_skb. Re-enabling within
IGB_PTP_TX_TIMEOUT therefore finds the single timestamp slot occupied
and skips new requests until the watchdog reports a misleading timeout,
producing a blackout of up to 15 seconds.
Cancel timestamp retrieval when disabling Tx timestamping, then publish
HWTSTAMP_TX_OFF and release the pending request under ptp_tx_lock. The
transmit path tests both the configured mode and slot ownership under
the same lock, so no request can be admitted between clearing the slot
and publishing the disabled state. Updates to the saved configuration
and the watchdog mode check use that lock as well.
Suspend uses the same cleanup helper without changing the saved mode,
allowing reset to restore the requested configuration after resume.
Only count a timestamp request as skipped when hardware timestamping is
enabled and the slot is occupied. Requests carrying SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP
while the feature is disabled could never have been serviced and are
ignored without changing the counter.
Fixes: 1f6e8178d685 ("igb: Prevent dropped Tx timestamps via work items and interrupts.")
Signed-off-by: Shivani Gupta <shivani07g@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 26 +++++++++++++----------
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c | 20 +++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index fc70f7aa4ce0..42204e3307d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -6565,18 +6565,22 @@ netdev_tx_t igb_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(tx_ring->netdev);
unsigned long flags;
+ /* A timestamp that was requested while Tx timestamping was
+ * not enabled can never be delivered, it is not "skipped".
+ */
spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
- if (adapter->tstamp_config.tx_type == HWTSTAMP_TX_ON &&
- !adapter->ptp_tx_skb) {
- skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS;
- tx_flags |= IGB_TX_FLAGS_TSTAMP;
-
- adapter->ptp_tx_skb = skb_get(skb);
- adapter->ptp_tx_start = jiffies;
- if (adapter->hw.mac.type == e1000_82576)
- schedule_work(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
- } else {
- adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skipped++;
+ if (adapter->tstamp_config.tx_type == HWTSTAMP_TX_ON) {
+ if (!adapter->ptp_tx_skb) {
+ skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_IN_PROGRESS;
+ tx_flags |= IGB_TX_FLAGS_TSTAMP;
+
+ adapter->ptp_tx_skb = skb_get(skb);
+ adapter->ptp_tx_start = jiffies;
+ if (adapter->hw.mac.type == e1000_82576)
+ schedule_work(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
+ } else {
+ adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skipped++;
+ }
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
index 3cc05f9198f8..adc7be6a2ee2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
@@ -914,6 +914,9 @@ void igb_ptp_tx_hang(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
+ if (adapter->tstamp_config.tx_type != HWTSTAMP_TX_ON)
+ goto unlock;
+
if (!adapter->ptp_tx_skb)
goto unlock;
@@ -933,19 +936,22 @@ void igb_ptp_tx_hang(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
/**
* igb_ptp_clear_tx_tstamp - drop a pending Tx timestamp request
* @adapter: private network adapter structure
+ * @disable: whether to disable Tx timestamp admission
*
* Cancel the timestamp retrieval work and free a pending timestamp skb.
*
* Context: Must be called in sleepable context with ptp_tx_lock not held;
* cancel_work_sync() waits for igb_ptp_tx_work() which takes it.
*/
-static void igb_ptp_clear_tx_tstamp(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
+static void igb_ptp_clear_tx_tstamp(struct igb_adapter *adapter, bool disable)
{
unsigned long flags;
cancel_work_sync(&adapter->ptp_tx_work);
spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
+ if (disable)
+ adapter->tstamp_config.tx_type = HWTSTAMP_TX_OFF;
dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->ptp_tx_skb);
adapter->ptp_tx_skb = NULL;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
@@ -1250,6 +1256,13 @@ static int igb_ptp_set_timestamp_mode(struct igb_adapter *adapter,
regval |= tsync_tx_ctl;
wr32(E1000_TSYNCTXCTL, regval);
+ /* Drop a possibly pending Tx timestamp request when disabling Tx
+ * timestamping. It would otherwise block new requests until it is
+ * flagged as timed out by the watchdog up to 15 seconds later.
+ */
+ if (!tsync_tx_ctl)
+ igb_ptp_clear_tx_tstamp(adapter, true);
+
/* enable/disable RX */
regval = rd32(E1000_TSYNCRXCTL);
regval &= ~(E1000_TSYNCRXCTL_ENABLED | E1000_TSYNCRXCTL_TYPE_MASK);
@@ -1310,6 +1323,7 @@ int igb_ptp_hwtstamp_set(struct net_device *netdev,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+ unsigned long flags;
int err;
err = igb_ptp_set_timestamp_mode(adapter, config);
@@ -1317,7 +1331,9 @@ int igb_ptp_hwtstamp_set(struct net_device *netdev,
return err;
/* save these settings for future reference */
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
adapter->tstamp_config = *config;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->ptp_tx_lock, flags);
return 0;
}
@@ -1461,7 +1477,7 @@ void igb_ptp_suspend(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
if (adapter->ptp_flags & IGB_PTP_OVERFLOW_CHECK)
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adapter->ptp_overflow_work);
- igb_ptp_clear_tx_tstamp(adapter);
+ igb_ptp_clear_tx_tstamp(adapter, false);
}
/**
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