Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] igc: Fix RX HW timestamp reporting when NET_RX_BUSY_POLL is disabled
From: Paul Menzel
Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 12:04:24 EST
Dear Ding,
Thank you for your patch.
Am 22.06.26 um 06:13 schrieb Ding Meng via Intel-wired-lan:
When CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL is deactivated, fetching RX HW timestamps
from the NIC no longer works as expected.
Maybe paste some logs/errors, so it can be easier found by people with the same issue.
This occurs because disabling CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL disables the
SKB NAPI mapping in __skb_mark_napi_id(). Consequently, get_timestamp()
fails to perform its driver lookup, and the igc driver's struct
net_device_ops::ndo_get_tstamp is never invoked.
Instead, get_timestamp() falls back to use shhwtstamps(skb)->hwtstamp,
a field that the driver has not populated.
Fix this by populating the hwtstamp field with the correct timestamp
in the default timer when CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL is disabled.
Maybe detail, why the adapter needs to be passed now.
Also, please describe a test case to check the change.
Fixes: 069b142f5819 ("igc: Add support for PTP .getcyclesx64()")
Co-developed-by: Florian Bezdeka <florian.bezdeka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Florian Bezdeka <florian.bezdeka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ding Meng <meng.ding@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index 8ac16808023..1da8d7aa76d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -1992,7 +1992,26 @@ static struct sk_buff *igc_build_skb(struct igc_ring *rx_ring,
return skb;
}
-static struct sk_buff *igc_construct_skb(struct igc_ring *rx_ring,
+static void igc_construct_skb_timestamps(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
+ struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct igc_xdp_buff *ctx)
+{
+ if (!ctx->rx_ts)
+ return;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
Is there a way to do this in C instead of the pre-processor. That way all the code gets build tested. (Is there a config with disabled NET_RX_BUSY_POLL?)
+ skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP_NETDEV;
+ skb_hwtstamps(skb)->netdev_data = ctx->rx_ts;
+#else
+ struct igc_inline_rx_tstamps *tstamps;
+
+ tstamps = ctx->rx_ts;
+ skb_hwtstamps(skb)->hwtstamp = igc_ptp_rx_pktstamp(adapter,
+ tstamps->timer0);
+#endif
+}
+
+static struct sk_buff *igc_construct_skb(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
+ struct igc_ring *rx_ring,
struct igc_rx_buffer *rx_buffer,
struct igc_xdp_buff *ctx)
{
@@ -2013,10 +2032,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *igc_construct_skb(struct igc_ring *rx_ring,
if (unlikely(!skb))
return NULL;
- if (ctx->rx_ts) {
- skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP_NETDEV;
- skb_hwtstamps(skb)->netdev_data = ctx->rx_ts;
- }
+ igc_construct_skb_timestamps(adapter, skb, ctx);
/* Determine available headroom for copy */
headlen = size;
@@ -2686,7 +2702,7 @@ static int igc_clean_rx_irq(struct igc_q_vector *q_vector, const int budget)
else if (ring_uses_build_skb(rx_ring))
skb = igc_build_skb(rx_ring, rx_buffer, &ctx.xdp);
else
- skb = igc_construct_skb(rx_ring, rx_buffer, &ctx);
+ skb = igc_construct_skb(adapter, rx_ring, rx_buffer, &ctx);
/* exit if we failed to retrieve a buffer */
if (!xdp_res && !skb) {
@@ -2738,7 +2754,8 @@ static int igc_clean_rx_irq(struct igc_q_vector *q_vector, const int budget)
return total_packets;
}
-static struct sk_buff *igc_construct_skb_zc(struct igc_ring *ring,
+static struct sk_buff *igc_construct_skb_zc(struct igc_adapter *adapter,
+ struct igc_ring *ring,
struct igc_xdp_buff *ctx)
{
struct xdp_buff *xdp = &ctx->xdp;
@@ -2760,10 +2777,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *igc_construct_skb_zc(struct igc_ring *ring,
__skb_pull(skb, metasize);
}
- if (ctx->rx_ts) {
- skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP_NETDEV;
- skb_hwtstamps(skb)->netdev_data = ctx->rx_ts;
- }
+ igc_construct_skb_timestamps(adapter, skb, ctx);
return skb;
}
@@ -2775,7 +2789,7 @@ static void igc_dispatch_skb_zc(struct igc_q_vector *q_vector,
struct igc_ring *ring = q_vector->rx.ring;
struct sk_buff *skb;
- skb = igc_construct_skb_zc(ring, ctx);
+ skb = igc_construct_skb_zc(q_vector->adapter, ring, ctx);
if (!skb) {
ring->rx_stats.alloc_failed++;
set_bit(IGC_RING_FLAG_RX_ALLOC_FAILED, &ring->flags);
Otherwise this looks good.
Kind regards,
Paul