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Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2023 09:54:27 -0600
From:   Max Georgiev <glipus@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     kory.maincent@...tlin.com, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com, vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev,
        richardcochran@...il.com, gerhard@...leder-embedded.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/5] Add NDOs for hardware timestamp get/set

On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 6:31 AM Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 12:31:44AM -0600, Maxim Georgiev wrote:
> > Current NIC driver API demands drivers supporting hardware timestamping
> > to implement handling logic for SIOCGHWTSTAMP/SIOCSHWTSTAMP IOCTLs.
> > Handling these IOCTLs requires dirivers to implement request parameter
> > structure translation between user and kernel address spaces, handling
> > possible translation failures, etc. This translation code is pretty much
> > identical across most of the NIC drivers that support SIOCGHWTSTAMP/
> > SIOCSHWTSTAMP.
> > This patch extends NDO functiuon set with ndo_hwtstamp_get/set
> > functions, implements SIOCGHWTSTAMP/SIOCSHWTSTAMP IOCTL translation
> > to ndo_hwtstamp_get/set function calls including parameter structure
> > translation and translation error handling.
> >
> > This patch is sent out as RFC.
> > It still pending on basic testing.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Maxim Georgiev <glipus@...il.com>
> > ---
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Moved individual driver conversions to separate patches
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Introduced kernel_hwtstamp_config structure
> > - Added netlink_ext_ack* and kernel_hwtstamp_config* as NDO hw timestamp
> >   function parameters
> > - Reodered function variable declarations in dev_hwtstamp()
> > - Refactored error handling logic in dev_hwtstamp()
> > - Split dev_hwtstamp() into GET and SET versions
> > - Changed net_hwtstamp_validate() to accept struct hwtstamp_config *
> >   as a parameter
> > ---
> >  include/linux/net_tstamp.h |  8 ++++++++
> >  include/linux/netdevice.h  | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >  net/core/dev_ioctl.c       | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/net_tstamp.h b/include/linux/net_tstamp.h
> > index fd67f3cc0c4b..063260475e77 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/net_tstamp.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/net_tstamp.h
> > @@ -30,4 +30,12 @@ static inline void hwtstamp_config_to_kernel(struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kern
> >       kernel_cfg->rx_filter = cfg->rx_filter;
> >  }
> >
> > +static inline void hwtstamp_kernel_to_config(struct hwtstamp_config *cfg,
> > +                                          const struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_cfg)
>
> The reason why I suggested the name "hwtstamp_config_from_kernel()" was
> to not break apart "hwtstamp" and "config", which together form the name
> of one structure (hwtstamp_config).
>

Sorry I missed you referred the exact function name in your previous comments.
Will be happy to rename.

> > +{
> > +     cfg->flags = kernel_cfg->flags;
> > +     cfg->tx_type = kernel_cfg->tx_type;
> > +     cfg->rx_filter = kernel_cfg->rx_filter;
> > +}
> > +
> >  #endif /* _LINUX_NET_TIMESTAMPING_H_ */
> > diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> > index a740be3bb911..8356002d0ac0 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> > @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
> >  struct netpoll_info;
> >  struct device;
> >  struct ethtool_ops;
> > +struct kernel_hwtstamp_config;
> >  struct phy_device;
> >  struct dsa_port;
> >  struct ip_tunnel_parm;
> > @@ -1412,6 +1413,15 @@ struct netdev_net_notifier {
> >   *   Get hardware timestamp based on normal/adjustable time or free running
> >   *   cycle counter. This function is required if physical clock supports a
> >   *   free running cycle counter.
> > + *   int (*ndo_hwtstamp_get)(struct net_device *dev,
> > + *                           struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_config,
> > + *                           struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
> > + *   Get hardware timestamping parameters currently configured for NIC
> > + *   device.
> > + *   int (*ndo_hwtstamp_set)(struct net_device *dev,
> > + *                           struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_config,
> > + *                           struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
> > + *   Set hardware timestamping parameters for NIC device.
> >   */
> >  struct net_device_ops {
> >       int                     (*ndo_init)(struct net_device *dev);
> > @@ -1646,6 +1656,12 @@ struct net_device_ops {
> >       ktime_t                 (*ndo_get_tstamp)(struct net_device *dev,
> >                                                 const struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwtstamps,
> >                                                 bool cycles);
> > +     int                     (*ndo_hwtstamp_get)(struct net_device *dev,
> > +                                                 struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_config,
> > +                                                 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
> > +     int                     (*ndo_hwtstamp_set)(struct net_device *dev,
> > +                                                 struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_config,
> > +                                                 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
> >  };
> >
> >  struct xdp_metadata_ops {
> > diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
> > index 6d772837eb3f..736f310a0661 100644
> > --- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
> > +++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
> > @@ -254,11 +254,30 @@ static int dev_eth_ioctl(struct net_device *dev,
> >
> >  static int dev_get_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)
> >  {
> > -     return dev_eth_ioctl(dev, ifr, SIOCGHWTSTAMP);
> > +     const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
> > +     struct kernel_hwtstamp_config kernel_cfg;
>
> Should we zero-initialize kernel_cfg (" = {}"), in case the driver does
> not bother to populate, say, "flags"?

I've added kernel_cfg zero-initialization in [RFC PATCH v3 2/5].
But your comment makes sense.
Let me move the initialization to this patch.

>
> > +     struct hwtstamp_config config;
> > +     int err;
> > +
> > +     if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get)
> > +             return dev_eth_ioctl(dev, ifr, SIOCGHWTSTAMP);
> > +
> > +     if (!netif_device_present(dev))
> > +             return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > +     err = ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get(dev, &kernel_cfg, NULL);
> > +     if (err)
> > +             return err;
> > +
> > +     hwtstamp_kernel_to_config(&config, &kernel_cfg);
> > +     if (copy_to_user(ifr->ifr_data, &config, sizeof(config)))
> > +             return -EFAULT;
> > +     return 0;
> >  }
> >
> >  static int dev_set_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)
> >  {
> > +     const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
> >       struct netdev_notifier_hwtstamp_info info = {
> >               .info.dev = dev,
> >       };
> > @@ -288,7 +307,20 @@ static int dev_set_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)
> >               return err;
> >       }
> >
> > -     return dev_eth_ioctl(dev, ifr, SIOCSHWTSTAMP);
> > +     if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set)
> > +             return dev_eth_ioctl(dev, ifr, SIOCSHWTSTAMP);
> > +
> > +     if (!netif_device_present(dev))
> > +             return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > +     err = ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set(dev, &kernel_cfg, NULL);
> > +     if (err)
> > +             return err;
> > +
> > +     hwtstamp_kernel_to_config(&cfg, &kernel_cfg);
>
> Cosmetic blank line here
>
> > +     if (copy_to_user(ifr->ifr_data, &cfg, sizeof(cfg)))
> > +             return -EFAULT;
>
> and here?
>
> (and in equivalent positions in dev_get_hwtstamp())

Thank you for pointing it out, I'll add the blank lines around these ifs.

>
> > +     return 0;
> >  }
> >
> >  static int dev_siocbond(struct net_device *dev,
> > --
> > 2.39.2
> >

Vladimir, thank you for the feedback!

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