[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net v2] igc: Fix RX HW timestamp reporting when NET_RX_BUSY_POLL is disabled

From: Ding Meng

Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 07:43:24 EST


When CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL is deactivated, fetching RX HW timestamps
from the NIC no longer works as expected, often resulting in incorrect
or negative values such as "HW raw -121948.050407424".

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. This results in incorrect
timestamps.

Fix this by populating the hwtstamp field with the correct timestamp
in the default timer when CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL is disabled.
The "igc_adapter" is passed to igc_construct_skb() to enable
igc_ptp_rx_pktstamp() to access the necessary adapter details for
adjusting the timestamp.

Test case:
Disable CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL.
Sender:
# tools/testing/selftests/net/timestamping en0 \
SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_HARDWARE PTPV2 IP_MULTICAST_LOOP
Receiver:
# tools/testing/selftests/net/timestamping en0 \
SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE PTPV2

Before patch, receiver prints
HW raw -121948.050407424
After patch, receiver prints
HW raw 1760648763.746974064

Fixes: 069b142f5819 ("igc: Add support for PTP .getcyclesx64()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Co-developed-by: Florian Bezdeka <florian.bezdeka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Florian Bezdeka <florian.bezdeka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ding Meng <meng.ding@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Piotr Kwapulinski <piotr.kwapulinski@xxxxxxxxx>
---
V2:
- update commit message(suggested by Paul Menzel):
add error log
explain why need to pass igc_adapter
add test case
- move variable declarations on top of the function
- Cc stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
V1: https://lore.kernel.org/intel-wired-lan/20260622041718.6106-1-meng.ding@xxxxxxxxxxx/
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 29 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..5c4beb8b5d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -1992,7 +1992,29 @@ 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)
+{
+#ifndef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
+ struct igc_inline_rx_tstamps *tstamps;
+#endif
+
+ if (!ctx->rx_ts)
+ return;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
+ tstamps = ctx->rx_ts;
+ skb_hwtstamps(skb)->hwtstamp = igc_ptp_rx_pktstamp(adapter,
+ tstamps->timer0);
+#else
+ skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags |= SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP_NETDEV;
+ skb_hwtstamps(skb)->netdev_data = ctx->rx_ts;
+#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 +2035,7 @@ 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 +2705,7 @@ 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 +2757,8 @@ 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 +2780,7 @@ 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 +2792,7 @@ 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);

base-commit: 4549871118cf616eecdd2d939f78e3b9e1dddc48
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2.47.3