Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/7] amd-xgbe: convert to ndo_hwtstamp callbacks

[Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>]

On 15.10.2025 20:47, Jacob Keller wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/14/2025 3:42 PM, Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-hwtstamp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-hwtstamp.c
>> index bc52e5ec6420..0127988e10be 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-hwtstamp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-hwtstamp.c
>> @@ -157,26 +157,24 @@ void xgbe_tx_tstamp(struct work_struct *work)
>>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdata->tstamp_lock, flags);
>>   }
>>   
>> -int xgbe_get_hwtstamp_settings(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata, struct ifreq *ifreq)
>> +int xgbe_get_hwtstamp_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
>> +			       struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *config)
>>   {
>> -	if (copy_to_user(ifreq->ifr_data, &pdata->tstamp_config,
>> -			 sizeof(pdata->tstamp_config)))
>> -		return -EFAULT;
>> +	struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata = netdev_priv(netdev);
>> +
>> +	*config = pdata->tstamp_config;
>>   
>>   	return 0;
>>   }
>>   
>> -int xgbe_set_hwtstamp_settings(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata, struct ifreq *ifreq)
>> +int xgbe_set_hwtstamp_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
>> +			       struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *config,
>> +			       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
>>   {
>> -	struct hwtstamp_config config;
>> -	unsigned int mac_tscr;
>> -
>> -	if (copy_from_user(&config, ifreq->ifr_data, sizeof(config)))
>> -		return -EFAULT;
>> -
>> -	mac_tscr = 0;
>> +	struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata = netdev_priv(netdev);
>> +	unsigned int mac_tscr = 0;
>>   
> 
> I noticed in this driver you didn't bother to add NL_SET_ERR_MSG calls.
> Any particular reason?

The only error here is the -ERANGE which is self-explanatory, so I decided to
keep the amount of changed lines as low as possible.

We might think of adding netlink error message for ERANGE error in
dev_set_hwtstamp() in case the driver skips setting specific message.