netdev - Re: [PATCH] net-packet: tx timestamping on tpacket ring

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Message-ID: <516C1FB2.50900@onera.fr>
Date:	Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:41:38 +0200
From:	Paul Chavent <Paul.Chavent@...ra.fr>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
CC:	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	daniel.borkmann@....ee.ethz.ch, xemul@...allels.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-packet: tx timestamping on tpacket ring



On 04/14/2013 12:52 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> Paul, since you've reported / requested this, your use case would be to
> fill
> the ring, trigger a sendto() and then loop through all the frames to
> check the
> tx timestamps for your custom protocol mockup, then fill the returned
> frames
> again, etc.?

I've run a test that create (and setup) a tx ring buffer with 8 frames, 
then fill the frames payload, then call sendto.
I've checked the timestamp by two means :
  - check the timestamp in the tx ring after the status became 
TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE again,
  - by issuing 8 recvmsg on the ERRQUEUE.
Both timestamp are coherents and increment themselves.

The tests has been done with a UML kernel, and with software timestamps.

 From my point of view, it seems usable.

However, I've found one strange behavior. I must call recvmsg as many 
times as i have submitted a frame, or not at all. If i only pop the 
ERRQUEUE for one or two message for instance, the next call to sentdo 
fails with "No message of desired type" (errno 42).


Paul.

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