linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC V1 net-next 2/6] net: skbuff: Add a field to support time based transmission.

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:14:45 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Richard Cochran <rcochran@...utronix.de>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        Andre Guedes <andre.guedes@...el.com>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Henrik Austad <henrik@...tad.us>,
        Jesus Sanchez-Palencia <jesus.sanchez-palencia@...el.com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V1 net-next 2/6] net: skbuff: Add a field to support
 time based transmission.

On Mon, 2017-09-18 at 09:41 +0200, Richard Cochran wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <rcochran@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  include/linux/skbuff.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Why skb->tstamp can not be used ?

AFAIK, fact that it might be overwritten by packet captures should not hurt.