netdev - Re: [PATCH net] act_mirred: clear skb->tstamp on redirect

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 10:21:59 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] act_mirred: clear skb->tstamp on redirect

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:22:29 -0800

> If sch_fq is used at ingress, skbs that might have been
> timestamped by net_timestamp_set() if a packet capture
> is requesting timestamps could be delayed by arbitrary
> amount of time, since sch_fq time base is MONOTONIC.
> 
> Fix this problem by moving code from sch_netem.c to act_mirred.c.
> 
> Fixes: fb420d5d91c1 ("tcp/fq: move back to CLOCK_MONOTONIC")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.