netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 5/6] ptp: Support late timestamp determination

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Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:04:32 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@...leder-embedded.com>
Cc:     yangbo.lu@....com, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, mlichvar@...hat.com,
        Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 5/6] ptp: Support late timestamp determination

On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 08:52:18PM +0100, Gerhard Engleder wrote:

> I thought that PTP packages are rare and that bloating the socket is
> not welcome.

Some PTP profiles use insanely high frame rates.  like G.8275.1 with
Sync and Delay Req at 16/sec each.  times the number of clients.

Bloating the skbuff is bad, but the `sock` is not so critical in its
storage costs.

Thanks,
Richard