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net: infrastructure for hardware time stamping

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The additional per-packet information (16 bytes for time stamps, 1
byte for flags) is stored for all packets in the skb_shared_info
struct. This implementation detail is hidden from users of that
information via skb_* accessor functions. A separate struct resp.
union is used for the additional information so that it can be
stored/copied easily outside of skb_shared_info.

Compared to previous implementations (reusing the tstamp field
depending on the context, optional additional structures) this
is the simplest solution. It does not extend sk_buff itself.

TX time stamping is implemented in software if the device driver
doesn't support hardware time stamping.

The new semantic for hardware/software time stamping around
ndo_start_xmit() is based on two assumptions about existing
network device drivers which don't support hardware time
stamping and know nothing about it:
 - they leave the new skb_shared_tx unmodified
 - the keep the connection to the originating socket in skb->sk
   alive, i.e., don't call skb_orphan()

Given that skb_shared_tx is new, the first assumption is safe.
The second is only true for some drivers. As a result, software
TX time stamping currently works with the bnx2 driver, but not
with the unmodified igb driver (the two drivers this patch series
was tested with).

Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Patrick Ohly
2009-02-12 05:03:37 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent cb9eff0978
commit ac45f602ee
3 changed files with 161 additions and 3 deletions
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include/linux/skbuff.h
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@ -132,6 +132,57 @@ struct skb_frag_struct {
__u32 size;
};
#define HAVE_HW_TIME_STAMP
/**
* skb_shared_hwtstamps - hardware time stamps
*
* @hwtstamp: hardware time stamp transformed into duration
* since arbitrary point in time
* @syststamp: hwtstamp transformed to system time base
*
* Software time stamps generated by ktime_get_real() are stored in
* skb->tstamp. The relation between the different kinds of time
* stamps is as follows:
*
* syststamp and tstamp can be compared against each other in
* arbitrary combinations. The accuracy of a
* syststamp/tstamp/"syststamp from other device" comparison is
* limited by the accuracy of the transformation into system time
* base. This depends on the device driver and its underlying
* hardware.
*
* hwtstamps can only be compared against other hwtstamps from
* the same device.
*
* This structure is attached to packets as part of the
* &skb_shared_info. Use skb_hwtstamps() to get a pointer.
*/
struct skb_shared_hwtstamps {
ktime_t hwtstamp;
ktime_t syststamp;
};
/**
* skb_shared_tx - instructions for time stamping of outgoing packets
*
* @hardware: generate hardware time stamp
* @software: generate software time stamp
* @in_progress: device driver is going to provide
* hardware time stamp
*
* These flags are attached to packets as part of the
* &skb_shared_info. Use skb_tx() to get a pointer.
*/
union skb_shared_tx {
struct {
__u8 hardware:1,
software:1,
in_progress:1;
};
__u8 flags;
};
/* This data is invariant across clones and lives at
* the end of the header data, ie. at skb->end.
*/
@ -143,10 +194,12 @@ struct skb_shared_info {
unsigned short gso_segs;
unsigned short gso_type;
__be32 ip6_frag_id;
union skb_shared_tx tx_flags;
#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DMA
unsigned int num_dma_maps;
#endif
struct sk_buff *frag_list;
struct skb_shared_hwtstamps hwtstamps;
skb_frag_t frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS];
#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DMA
dma_addr_t dma_maps[MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1];
@ -465,6 +518,16 @@ static inline unsigned char *skb_end_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb)
/* Internal */
#define skb_shinfo(SKB) ((struct skb_shared_info *)(skb_end_pointer(SKB)))
static inline struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *skb_hwtstamps(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
return &skb_shinfo(skb)->hwtstamps;
}
static inline union skb_shared_tx *skb_tx(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
return &skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags;
}
/**
* skb_queue_empty - check if a queue is empty
* @list: queue head
@ -1730,6 +1793,11 @@ static inline void skb_copy_to_linear_data_offset(struct sk_buff *skb,
extern void skb_init(void);
static inline ktime_t skb_get_ktime(const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
return skb->tstamp;
}
/**
* skb_get_timestamp - get timestamp from a skb
* @skb: skb to get stamp from
@ -1739,11 +1807,18 @@ extern void skb_init(void);
* This function converts the offset back to a struct timeval and stores
* it in stamp.
*/
static inline void skb_get_timestamp(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct timeval *stamp)
static inline void skb_get_timestamp(const struct sk_buff *skb,
struct timeval *stamp)
{
*stamp = ktime_to_timeval(skb->tstamp);
}
static inline void skb_get_timestampns(const struct sk_buff *skb,
struct timespec *stamp)
{
*stamp = ktime_to_timespec(skb->tstamp);
}
static inline void __net_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
skb->tstamp = ktime_get_real();
@ -1759,6 +1834,20 @@ static inline ktime_t net_invalid_timestamp(void)
return ktime_set(0, 0);
}
/**
* skb_tstamp_tx - queue clone of skb with send time stamps
* @orig_skb: the original outgoing packet
* @hwtstamps: hardware time stamps, may be NULL if not available
*
* If the skb has a socket associated, then this function clones the
* skb (thus sharing the actual data and optional structures), stores
* the optional hardware time stamping information (if non NULL) or
* generates a software time stamp (otherwise), then queues the clone
* to the error queue of the socket. Errors are silently ignored.
*/
extern void skb_tstamp_tx(struct sk_buff *orig_skb,
struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwtstamps);
extern __sum16 __skb_checksum_complete_head(struct sk_buff *skb, int len);
extern __sum16 __skb_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb);