netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] drop_monitor: Make timestamps y2038 safe

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Message-ID: <20190823161753.GA20193@hmswarspite.think-freely.org>
Date:   Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:17:53 -0400
From:   Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, arnd@...db.de,
        andrew@...n.ch, ayal@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] drop_monitor: Make timestamps y2038 safe

On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 06:47:21PM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> 
> Timestamps are currently communicated to user space as 'struct
> timespec', which is not considered y2038 safe since it uses a 32-bit
> signed value for seconds.
> 
> Fix this while the API is still not part of any official kernel release
> by using 64-bit nanoseconds timestamps instead.
> 
> Fixes: ca30707dee2b ("drop_monitor: Add packet alert mode")
> Fixes: 5e58109b1ea4 ("drop_monitor: Add support for packet alert mode for hardware drops")
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> ---
> Arnd, I have followed your recommendation to use 64-bit nanoseconds
> timestamps. I would appreciate it if you could review this change.
> 
> Thanks!
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/net_dropmon.h |  2 +-
>  net/core/drop_monitor.c          | 14 ++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/net_dropmon.h b/include/uapi/linux/net_dropmon.h
> index 75a35dccb675..8bf79a9eb234 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/net_dropmon.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/net_dropmon.h
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ enum net_dm_attr {
>  	NET_DM_ATTR_PC,				/* u64 */
>  	NET_DM_ATTR_SYMBOL,			/* string */
>  	NET_DM_ATTR_IN_PORT,			/* nested */
> -	NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP,			/* struct timespec */
> +	NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP,			/* u64 */
>  	NET_DM_ATTR_PROTO,			/* u16 */
>  	NET_DM_ATTR_PAYLOAD,			/* binary */
>  	NET_DM_ATTR_PAD,
> diff --git a/net/core/drop_monitor.c b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
> index bfc024024aa3..cc60cc22e2db 100644
> --- a/net/core/drop_monitor.c
> +++ b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
> @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static size_t net_dm_packet_report_size(size_t payload_len)
>  	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_IN_PORT */
>  	       net_dm_in_port_size() +
>  	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP */
> -	       nla_total_size(sizeof(struct timespec)) +
> +	       nla_total_size(sizeof(u64)) +
>  	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_ORIG_LEN */
>  	       nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
>  	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_PROTO */
> @@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ static int net_dm_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	u64 pc = (u64)(uintptr_t) NET_DM_SKB_CB(skb)->pc;
>  	char buf[NET_DM_MAX_SYMBOL_LEN];
>  	struct nlattr *attr;
> -	struct timespec ts;
>  	void *hdr;
>  	int rc;
>  
> @@ -615,8 +614,8 @@ static int net_dm_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	if (rc)
>  		goto nla_put_failure;
>  
> -	if (ktime_to_timespec_cond(skb->tstamp, &ts) &&
> -	    nla_put(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP, sizeof(ts), &ts))
> +	if (nla_put_u64_64bit(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP,
> +			      ktime_to_ns(skb->tstamp), NET_DM_ATTR_PAD))
>  		goto nla_put_failure;
>  
>  	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_ORIG_LEN, skb->len))
> @@ -716,7 +715,7 @@ net_dm_hw_packet_report_size(size_t payload_len,
>  	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_IN_PORT */
>  	       net_dm_in_port_size() +
>  	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP */
> -	       nla_total_size(sizeof(struct timespec)) +
> +	       nla_total_size(sizeof(u64)) +
>  	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_ORIG_LEN */
>  	       nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
>  	       /* NET_DM_ATTR_PROTO */
> @@ -730,7 +729,6 @@ static int net_dm_hw_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
>  {
>  	struct net_dm_hw_metadata *hw_metadata;
>  	struct nlattr *attr;
> -	struct timespec ts;
>  	void *hdr;
>  
>  	hw_metadata = NET_DM_SKB_CB(skb)->hw_metadata;
> @@ -761,8 +759,8 @@ static int net_dm_hw_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
>  			goto nla_put_failure;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (ktime_to_timespec_cond(skb->tstamp, &ts) &&
> -	    nla_put(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP, sizeof(ts), &ts))
> +	if (nla_put_u64_64bit(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP,
> +			      ktime_to_ns(skb->tstamp), NET_DM_ATTR_PAD))
>  		goto nla_put_failure;
>  
>  	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_ORIG_LEN, skb->len))
> -- 
> 2.21.0
> 
> 
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>