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:   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 23:10:16 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, richardcochran@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: don't call ptp_classify_raw() if switch
 doesn't provide RX timestamping

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Fri,  9 Dec 2022 19:58:40 +0200 you 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>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: dsa: don't call ptp_classify_raw() if switch doesn't provide RX timestamping
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/8f18655c49eb

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