netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/5] Add ifreq pointer field to kernel_hwtstamp

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Date:   Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:59:22 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Maxim Georgiev <glipus@...il.com>
Cc:     kory.maincent@...tlin.com, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com, vladimir.oltean@....com,
        vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev, richardcochran@...il.com,
        gerhard@...leder-embedded.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/5] Add ifreq pointer field to
 kernel_hwtstamp_config structure

On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 09:28:17PM -0600, Maxim Georgiev wrote:
> Considering the stackable nature of drivers there will be situations
> where a driver implementing ndo_hwtstamp_get/set functions will have
> to translate requests back to SIOCGHWTSTAMP/SIOCSHWTSTAMP IOCTLs
> to pass them to lower level drivers that do not provide
> ndo_hwtstamp_get/set callbacks. To simplify request translation in
> such scenarios let's include a pointer to the original struct ifreq
> to kernel_hwtstamp_config structure.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Georgiev <glipus@...il.com>
> 
> Notes:
> 
>   Changes in V4:
>   - Introducing KERNEL_HWTSTAMP_FLAG_IFR_RESULT flag indicating that
>     the operation results are returned in the ifr referred by
>     struct kernel_hwtstamp_config instead of kernel_hwtstamp_config
>     glags/tx_type/rx_filter fields.
>   - Implementing generic_hwtstamp_set/set_lower() functions
>     which will be used by vlan, maxvlan, bond and potentially
>     other drivers translating ndo_hwtstamp_set/set calls to
>     lower level drivers.
> ---
>  include/linux/net_tstamp.h |  7 ++++
>  include/linux/netdevice.h  |  6 +++
>  net/core/dev_ioctl.c       | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/net_tstamp.h b/include/linux/net_tstamp.h
> index 7c59824f43f5..5164dce3f9a0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/net_tstamp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/net_tstamp.h
> @@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ struct kernel_hwtstamp_config {
>  	int flags;
>  	int tx_type;
>  	int rx_filter;
> +	struct ifreq *ifr;
> +	int kernel_flags;

nit: ifr and kernel_flags should be added to the kdoc for this struct
     that appears immediately above it.

> +};
> +
> +/* possible values for kernel_hwtstamp_config->kernel_flags */
> +enum kernel_hwtstamp_flags {
> +	KERNEL_HWTSTAMP_FLAG_IFR_RESULT = (1 << 0),

nit: maybe BIT(0)

>  };
>  
>  static inline void hwtstamp_config_to_kernel(struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_cfg,

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