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From: Kohei Enju <kohei@enjuk.jp>
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>,
	Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@engleder-embedded.com>,
	Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@gmail.com>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1 1/3] net: introduce helper to resolve hardware timestamps from skb
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:50:55 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <afLew3MP3j_lIOxS@x1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <willemdebruijn.kernel.2d041a6261a02@gmail.com>

On 04/29 17:04, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> Kohei Enju wrote:
> > Move the logic that resolves a hardware timestamp from an skb, including
> > late timestamp resolution via netdev_get_tstamp(), from net/socket.c to
> > a common helper.
> > 
> > Let's allow other networking code to reuse the same resolution path.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kohei Enju <kohei@enjuk.jp>
> 
> Thanks for the fix series.
> 
> Fixes require a Fixes tag. See also https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html.
> 
> I suggest merging this and the second patch, as this is not a
> standalone fix, and the other is a one-line change.

Thank you for the suggestion, and it looks good to me.
I'll do so in v2.

> 
> > ---
> >  include/linux/skbuff.h | 11 +++++++++++
> >  net/core/skbuff.c      | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  net/socket.c           | 27 +++------------------------
> >  3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> > index 2bcf78a4de7b..651a5ae8b11c 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> > @@ -4731,6 +4731,17 @@ void __skb_tstamp_tx(struct sk_buff *orig_skb, const struct sk_buff *ack_skb,
> >  void skb_tstamp_tx(struct sk_buff *orig_skb,
> >  		   struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwtstamps);
> >  
> > +/**
> > + * skb_get_hwtstamp - resolve a hardware timestamp from an skb
> > + * @skb:	skb carrying the timestamp
> > + * @cycles:	true to request the free-running cycle-based timestamp
> > + * @if_index:	optional return pointer for the originating netdev ifindex
> > + *
> > + * Return: resolved hardware timestamp, or the stored skb hwtstamp when no
> > + * device-specific late timestamp resolution is needed.
> > + */
> > +ktime_t skb_get_hwtstamp(struct sk_buff *skb, bool cycles, int *if_index);
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * skb_tx_timestamp() - Driver hook for transmit timestamping
> >   *
> > diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
> > index 7dad68e3b518..d11f4e2e9391 100644
> > --- a/net/core/skbuff.c
> > +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
> > @@ -5729,6 +5729,33 @@ void skb_tstamp_tx(struct sk_buff *orig_skb,
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_tstamp_tx);
> >  
> > +ktime_t skb_get_hwtstamp(struct sk_buff *skb, bool cycles, int *if_index)
> > +{
> > +	struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *shhwtstamps = skb_hwtstamps(skb);
> > +	struct net_device *orig_dev;
> > +	ktime_t hwtstamp;
> > +
> > +	if (if_index)
> > +		*if_index = 0;
> > +
> > +	if (!(skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP_NETDEV))
> > +		return shhwtstamps->hwtstamp;
> > +
> > +	rcu_read_lock();
> > +	orig_dev = dev_get_by_napi_id(skb_napi_id(skb));
> > +	if (orig_dev) {
> > +		if (if_index)
> > +			*if_index = orig_dev->ifindex;
> > +		hwtstamp = netdev_get_tstamp(orig_dev, shhwtstamps, cycles);
> > +	} else {
> > +		hwtstamp = shhwtstamps->hwtstamp;
> > +	}
> > +	rcu_read_unlock();
> > +
> > +	return hwtstamp;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_get_hwtstamp);
> > +
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS
> >  void skb_complete_wifi_ack(struct sk_buff *skb, bool acked)
> >  {
> > diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
> > index 22a412fdec07..95b21b16a0fc 100644
> > --- a/net/socket.c
> > +++ b/net/socket.c
> > @@ -876,21 +876,7 @@ static bool skb_is_swtx_tstamp(const struct sk_buff *skb, int false_tstamp)
> >  static ktime_t get_timestamp(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int *if_index)
> >  {
> >  	bool cycles = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_tsflags) & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_BIND_PHC;
> > -	struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *shhwtstamps = skb_hwtstamps(skb);
> > -	struct net_device *orig_dev;
> > -	ktime_t hwtstamp;
> > -
> > -	rcu_read_lock();
> > -	orig_dev = dev_get_by_napi_id(skb_napi_id(skb));
> > -	if (orig_dev) {
> > -		*if_index = orig_dev->ifindex;
> > -		hwtstamp = netdev_get_tstamp(orig_dev, shhwtstamps, cycles);
> > -	} else {
> > -		hwtstamp = shhwtstamps->hwtstamp;
> > -	}
> > -	rcu_read_unlock();
> > -
> > -	return hwtstamp;
> > +	return skb_get_hwtstamp(skb, cycles, if_index);
> >  }
> 
> At this point simpler to remove get_timestamp entirely. It's an
> unnecessary layer of indirection.
> 
> Perhaps pass sk_tsflags rather than bool to skb_get_hwtstamp.

Good points. I'll rework this in v2.

Thanks,
Kohei

>   
> >  static void put_ts_pktinfo(struct msghdr *msg, struct sk_buff *skb,
> > @@ -940,7 +926,6 @@ int skb_get_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk,
> >  {
> >  	u32 tsflags = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_tsflags);
> >  	ktime_t hwtstamp;
> > -	int if_index = 0;
> >  
> >  	if ((tsflags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE) &&
> >  	    ktime_to_timespec64_cond(skb->tstamp, ts))
> > @@ -950,10 +935,7 @@ int skb_get_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk,
> >  	    skb_is_swtx_tstamp(skb, false))
> >  		return -ENOENT;
> >  
> > -	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP_NETDEV)
> > -		hwtstamp = get_timestamp(sk, skb, &if_index);
> > -	else
> > -		hwtstamp = skb_hwtstamps(skb)->hwtstamp;
> > +	hwtstamp = get_timestamp(sk, skb, NULL);
> >  
> >  	if (tsflags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_BIND_PHC)
> >  		hwtstamp = ptp_convert_timestamp(&hwtstamp,
> > @@ -1033,10 +1015,7 @@ void __sock_recv_timestamp(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
> >  	      !(tsflags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_RX_FILTER))) &&
> >  	    !skb_is_swtx_tstamp(skb, false_tstamp)) {
> >  		if_index = 0;
> > -		if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP_NETDEV)
> > -			hwtstamp = get_timestamp(sk, skb, &if_index);
> > -		else
> > -			hwtstamp = shhwtstamps->hwtstamp;
> > +		hwtstamp = get_timestamp(sk, skb, &if_index);
> >  
> >  		if (tsflags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_BIND_PHC)
> >  			hwtstamp = ptp_convert_timestamp(&hwtstamp,
> > -- 
> > 2.53.0
> > 
> 
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-30  4:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-29  9:16 [PATCH net v1 0/3] af_packet/tcp: fix late hardware timestamp handling Kohei Enju
2026-04-29  9:16 ` [PATCH net v1 1/3] net: introduce helper to resolve hardware timestamps from skb Kohei Enju
2026-04-29 21:04   ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-04-30  4:50     ` Kohei Enju [this message]
2026-05-01 20:25   ` Gerhard Engleder
2026-04-29  9:16 ` [PATCH net v1 2/3] af_packet: use skb_get_hwtstamp() for hardware timestamps Kohei Enju
2026-04-29  9:16 ` [PATCH net v1 3/3] tcp: " Kohei Enju
2026-04-29 21:09   ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-04-30  5:07     ` Kohei Enju
2026-04-30  6:09       ` Eric Dumazet
2026-04-30  6:52         ` Kohei Enju

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