Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] can: dev: add software tx timestamps

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On 1/12/21 10:54 AM, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> Call skb_tx_timestamp() within can_put_echo_skb() so that a software
> tx timestamp gets attached on the skb.
> 
> There two main reasons to include this call in can_put_echo_skb():
> 
>   * It easily allow to enable the tx timestamp on all devices with
>     just one small change.
> 
>   * According to Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst, the tx
>     timestamps should be generated in the device driver as close as
>     possible, but always prior to passing the packet to the network
>     interface. During the call to can_put_echo_skb(), the skb gets
>     cloned meaning that the driver should not dereference the skb
>     variable anymore after can_put_echo_skb() returns. This makes
>     can_put_echo_skb() the very last place we can use the skb without
>     having to access the echo_skb[] array.
> 
> Remark: by default, skb_tx_timestamp() does nothing. It needs to be
> activated by passing the SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE flag either
> through socket options or control messages.
> 
> References:
> 
>  * Support for the error queue in CAN RAW sockets (which is needed for
>    tx timestamps) was introduced in:
>    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=eb88531bdbfaafb827192d1fc6c5a3fcc4fadd96
> 
>   * Put the call to skb_tx_timestamp() just before adding it to the
>     array: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/1/10/54
> 
>   * About Tx hardware timestamps
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/20210111171152.GB11715@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to linux-can-next/testing

tnx,
Marc

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