[PATCH iwl-net 1/1] igc: skip RX timestamp header for frame preemption verification
From: KhaiWenTan
Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 04:23:38 EST
When RX hardware timestamping is enabled, a 16-byte inline timestamp header
is added to the start of the packet buffer, causing FPE handshake
verification to fail.
Because an incorrect packet buffer is passed to igc_fpe_handle_mpacket(),
the mem_is_zero() check inspects the timestamp metadata instead of the
actual mPacket payload. As a result, valid Verify/Response mPackets can be
missed when inline RX timestamps are present.
Pass pktbuf + pkt_offset to igc_fpe_handle_mpacket() so it inspects the
actual mPacket payload instead of the timestamp header.
Fixes: 5422570c0010 ("igc: add support for frame preemption verification")
Co-developed-by: Faizal Rahim <faizal.abdul.rahim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Faizal Rahim <faizal.abdul.rahim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: KhaiWenTan <khai.wen.tan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index 8ac16808023c..c470d2354ce8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -2649,7 +2649,7 @@ static int igc_clean_rx_irq(struct igc_q_vector *q_vector, const int budget)
}
if (igc_fpe_is_pmac_enabled(adapter) &&
- igc_fpe_handle_mpacket(adapter, rx_desc, size, pktbuf)) {
+ igc_fpe_handle_mpacket(adapter, rx_desc, size, pktbuf + pkt_offset)) {
/* Advance the ring next-to-clean */
igc_is_non_eop(rx_ring, rx_desc);
cleaned_count++;
--
2.43.0