netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/8] gve: Add rx hardware timestamp expansion

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Message-ID: <3ca312c2-6749-45a8-b971-2cd0a1a0781a@linux.dev>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 22:59:28 +0100
From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>
To: Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/8] gve: Add rx hardware timestamp expansion

On 23/05/2025 00:57, Harshitha Ramamurthy wrote:
> From: John Fraker <jfraker@...gle.com>
> 
> Allow the rx path to recover the high 32 bits of the full 64 bit rx
> timestamp.
> 
> Use the low 32 bits of the last synced nic time and the 32 bits of the
> timestamp provided in the rx descriptor to generate a difference, which
> is then applied to the last synced nic time to reconstruct the complete
> 64-bit timestamp.
> 
> This scheme remains accurate as long as no more than ~2 seconds have
> passed between the last read of the nic clock and the timestamping
> application of the received packet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Fraker <jfraker@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ziwei Xiao <ziweixiao@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>