netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: don't call ptp_classify_raw() if switch doesn't provide RX timestamping

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Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2022 16:08:34 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: don't call ptp_classify_raw() if
 switch doesn't provide RX timestamping

On 12/9/22 09:58, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> ptp_classify_raw() is not exactly cheap, since it invokes a BPF program
> for every skb in the receive path. For switches which do not provide
> ds->ops->port_rxtstamp(), running ptp_classify_raw() provides precisely
> nothing, so check for the presence of the function pointer first, since
> that is much cheaper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian