Re: [RFC bpf-next v2 06/11] net: veth: Implement devtx timestamp kfuncs

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On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 4:29 PM Vinicius Costa Gomes
<vinicius.gomes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Have a software-based example for kfuncs to showcase how it
> > can be used in the real devices and to have something to
> > test against in the selftests.
> >
> > Both path (skb & xdp) are covered. Only the skb path is really
> > tested though.
> >
> > Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Not really related to this patch, but to how it would work with
> different drivers/hardware.
>
> In some of our hardware (the ones handled by igc/igb, for example), the
> timestamp notification comes some time after the transmit completion
> event.
>
> From what I could gather, the idea would be for the driver to "hold" the
> completion until the timestamp is ready and then signal the completion
> of the frame. Is that right?

Yeah, that might be the option. Do you think it could work?





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