Re: [PATCH net-next v1] idpf: export RX hardware timestamping information to XDP

From: Alexander Lobakin
Date: Wed Dec 17 2025 - 09:43:11 EST


From: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:33:40 +0100

> From: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:08:36 +0000
>
>> From: YiFei Zhu <zhuyifei@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The logic is similar to idpf_rx_hwtstamp, but the data is exported
>> as a BPF kfunc instead of appended to an skb.
>>
>> A idpf_queue_has(PTP, rxq) condition is added to check the queue
>> supports PTP similar to idpf_rx_process_skb_fields.
>>
>> Cc: intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Signed-off-by: YiFei Zhu <zhuyifei@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/xdp.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/xdp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/xdp.c
>> index 21ce25b0567f..850389ca66b6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/xdp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/xdp.c
>> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>> /* Copyright (C) 2025 Intel Corporation */
>>
>> #include "idpf.h"
>> +#include "idpf_ptp.h"
>> #include "idpf_virtchnl.h"
>> #include "xdp.h"
>> #include "xsk.h"
>> @@ -369,6 +370,31 @@ int idpf_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev, int n, struct xdp_frame **frames,
>> idpf_xdp_tx_finalize);
>> }
>>
>> +static int idpf_xdpmo_rx_timestamp(const struct xdp_md *ctx, u64 *timestamp)

Also please put this function *after* rx_hash() to...

>> +{
>> + const struct virtchnl2_rx_flex_desc_adv_nic_3 *rx_desc;
>
> Sorry I know it's a late comment...
>
> Could you please you the optimized descriptor structure from idpf/xdp.h
> instead of the regular one? To be consistent with the Rx hash timestamp
> function and give more room for optimization.
>
>> + const struct libeth_xdp_buff *xdp = (typeof(xdp))ctx;
>> + const struct idpf_rx_queue *rxq;
>> + u64 cached_time, ts_ns;
>> + u32 ts_high;
>> +
>> + rx_desc = xdp->desc;
>> + rxq = libeth_xdp_buff_to_rq(xdp, typeof(*rxq), xdp_rxq);
>> +
>> + if (!idpf_queue_has(PTP, rxq))
>> + return -ENODATA;
>> + if (!(rx_desc->ts_low & VIRTCHNL2_RX_FLEX_TSTAMP_VALID))
>> + return -ENODATA;
>> +
>> + cached_time = READ_ONCE(rxq->cached_phc_time);
>> +
>> + ts_high = le32_to_cpu(rx_desc->ts_high);
>> + ts_ns = idpf_ptp_tstamp_extend_32b_to_64b(cached_time, ts_high);
>> +
>> + *timestamp = ts_ns;
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> static int idpf_xdpmo_rx_hash(const struct xdp_md *ctx, u32 *hash,
>> enum xdp_rss_hash_type *rss_type)
>> {
>> @@ -392,6 +418,7 @@ static int idpf_xdpmo_rx_hash(const struct xdp_md *ctx, u32 *hash,
>> }
>>
>> static const struct xdp_metadata_ops idpf_xdpmo = {
>> + .xmo_rx_timestamp = idpf_xdpmo_rx_timestamp,
>> .xmo_rx_hash = idpf_xdpmo_rx_hash,

...keep the alphabetic sorting here.

>> };
>>
>>
>> base-commit: e05021a829b834fecbd42b173e55382416571b2c

Thanks,
Olek