From: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@nxp.com>,
Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>,
James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v4 5/5] ptp: vclock: preserve missing hardware timestamps
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:33:35 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015-ptp-vclock-sampling-v4-5-cba6ffc8ceb6@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261015-ptp-vclock-sampling-v4-0-cba6ffc8ceb6@gmail.com>
Socket timestamp delivery converts hardware timestamps to a bound
virtual clock before checking whether a hardware timestamp is present.
A zero timestamp means that the packet has no hardware timestamp, but
timecounter_cyc2time() can turn that zero into a nonzero virtual time.
The socket then reports a hardware timestamp which was never supplied.
Return zero without conversion when the input timestamp is absent.
This also covers skb_get_tx_timestamp(), which checks for an absent
timestamp after the same conversion.
This was identified during review of virtual clock sampling changes.
Fixes: d7c088265588 ("net: socket: support hardware timestamp conversion to PHC bound")
Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1@gmail.com>
---
drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c | 2 ++
include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c
index 88161be5eabc..39c3276ded77 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vclock.c
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ ktime_t ptp_convert_timestamp(const ktime_t *hwtstamp, int vclock_index)
u64 ns;
ns = ktime_to_ns(*hwtstamp);
+ if (!ns)
+ return 0;
srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&vclock_srcu);
diff --git a/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h b/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
index 36a27a910595..56f6ab1855d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ int ptp_get_vclocks_index(int pclock_index, int **vclock_index);
* @hwtstamp: timestamp
* @vclock_index: phc index of ptp vclock.
*
- * Returns: converted timestamp, or 0 on error.
+ * Returns: converted timestamp, or 0 if @hwtstamp is zero or on error.
*/
ktime_t ptp_convert_timestamp(const ktime_t *hwtstamp, int vclock_index);
#else
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-15 23:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-15 23:33 [PATCH net v4 0/5] ptp: make virtual clock sampling and teardown failure-safe James Hilliard
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH net v4 1/5] ptp: drain virtual clock sysfs operations before unregistering children James Hilliard
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH net v4 2/5] ptp: unwind partially completed virtual clock creation James Hilliard
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH net v4 3/5] ptp: vclock: propagate physical clock sampling errors James Hilliard
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH net v4 4/5] ptp: vclock: serialize extended samples with counter updates James Hilliard
2026-10-15 23:33 ` James Hilliard [this message]
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