Re: [PATCH RFC net-next v1 1/6] ethtool: add interface to read Tx hardware timestamping statistics

[Köry Maincent]

On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:24:45 -0800
Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Multiple network devices that support hardware timestamping appear to have
> common behavior with regards to timestamp handling. Implement common Tx
> hardware timestamping statistics in a tx_stats struct_group. Common Rx
> hardware timestamping statistics can subsequently be implemented in a
> rx_stats struct_group for ethtool_ts_stats.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@xxxxxxxxxx>


> +
> +const struct nla_policy ethnl_stats_get_policy[__ETHTOOL_A_STATS_CNT] = {
> +	[ETHTOOL_A_STATS_HEADER] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ethnl_header_policy),
> +	[ETHTOOL_A_STATS_GROUPS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
> +	[ETHTOOL_A_STATS_SRC] =
>  		NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, ETHTOOL_MAC_STATS_SRC_PMAC),
> +	[ETHTOOL_A_STATS_LAYER] =
> +		NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, ETHTOOL_TS_STATS_LAYER_PHY),
>  };

You should add this new netlink attributes to the specs in a new patch to be
able to test it.

diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
index cfe48f8d6283..118508de2c88 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
@@ -859,6 +859,9 @@ attribute-sets:
       -
         name: src
         type: u32
+      -
+        name: layer
+        type: u32
   -
     name: phc-vclocks
     attributes:
@@ -1526,6 +1529,7 @@ operations:
           attributes:
             - header
             - groups
+            - layer
         reply:
           attributes:
             - header

Regards,
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