[PATCH net 1/2] gve: Implement gettimex64 with -EOPNOTSUPP

From: Joshua Washington

Date: Wed Oct 29 2025 - 14:46:18 EST


From: Tim Hostetler <thostet@xxxxxxxxxx>

gve implemented a ptp_clock for sole use of do_aux_work at this time.
ptp_clock_gettime() and ptp_sys_offset() assume every ptp_clock has
implemented either gettimex64 or gettime64. Stub gettimex64 and return
-EOPNOTSUPP to prevent NULL dereferencing.

Fixes: acd16380523b ("gve: Add initial PTP device support")
Reported-by: syzbot+c8c0e7ccabd456541612@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c8c0e7ccabd456541612
Signed-off-by: Tim Hostetler <thostet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joshua Washington <joshwash@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ptp.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ptp.c
index e96247c9d68d..19ae699d4b18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_ptp.c
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ int gve_clock_nic_ts_read(struct gve_priv *priv)
return 0;
}

+static int gve_ptp_gettimex64(struct ptp_clock_info *info,
+ struct timespec64 *ts,
+ struct ptp_system_timestamp *sts)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
static long gve_ptp_do_aux_work(struct ptp_clock_info *info)
{
const struct gve_ptp *ptp = container_of(info, struct gve_ptp, info);
@@ -47,6 +54,7 @@ static long gve_ptp_do_aux_work(struct ptp_clock_info *info)
static const struct ptp_clock_info gve_ptp_caps = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.name = "gve clock",
+ .gettimex64 = gve_ptp_gettimex64,
.do_aux_work = gve_ptp_do_aux_work,
};

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2.51.2.997.g839fc31de9-goog