linux/net
Patrick Ohly ac45f602ee net: infrastructure for hardware time stamping
The additional per-packet information (16 bytes for time stamps, 1
byte for flags) is stored for all packets in the skb_shared_info
struct. This implementation detail is hidden from users of that
information via skb_* accessor functions. A separate struct resp.
union is used for the additional information so that it can be
stored/copied easily outside of skb_shared_info.

Compared to previous implementations (reusing the tstamp field
depending on the context, optional additional structures) this
is the simplest solution. It does not extend sk_buff itself.

TX time stamping is implemented in software if the device driver
doesn't support hardware time stamping.

The new semantic for hardware/software time stamping around
ndo_start_xmit() is based on two assumptions about existing
network device drivers which don't support hardware time
stamping and know nothing about it:
 - they leave the new skb_shared_tx unmodified
 - the keep the connection to the originating socket in skb->sk
   alive, i.e., don't call skb_orphan()

Given that skb_shared_tx is new, the first assumption is safe.
The second is only true for some drivers. As a result, software
TX time stamping currently works with the bnx2 driver, but not
with the unmodified igb driver (the two drivers this patch series
was tested with).

Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-15 22:43:34 -08:00
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9p 9p: fix endian issues [attempt 3] 2009-02-06 22:07:41 -08:00
802 net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
8021q gro: Optimise Ethernet header comparison 2009-02-08 20:22:18 -08:00
appletalk net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
atm lec: convert to net_device_ops 2009-01-21 14:02:00 -08:00
ax25 ax25: more common return path joining 2009-02-06 23:47:14 -08:00
bluetooth bluetooth: driver API update 2009-01-07 17:23:17 -08:00
bridge Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-02-09 23:22:21 -08:00
can net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
core net: infrastructure for hardware time stamping 2009-02-15 22:43:34 -08:00
dcb DCB: fix kfree(skb) 2009-01-04 17:29:21 -08:00
dccp dccp: Debugging functions for feature negotiation 2009-01-21 14:34:05 -08:00
decnet net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
dsa net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
econet net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
ethernet
ipv4 gro: Optimise TCP packet reception 2009-02-08 20:22:19 -08:00
ipv6 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-02-09 23:22:21 -08:00
ipx net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
irda net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
iucv s390: remove s390_root_dev_*() 2009-01-06 10:44:34 -08:00
key af_key: initialize xfrm encap_oa 2009-01-25 20:49:14 -08:00
lapb
llc net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/ 2009-02-14 23:12:00 -08:00
netfilter Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-02-09 23:22:21 -08:00
netlabel
netlink netlink: change return-value logic of netlink_broadcast() 2009-02-05 23:56:36 -08:00
netrom netrom: convert to net_device_ops 2009-01-21 14:02:02 -08:00
packet net: packet socket packet_lookup_frame fix 2009-02-01 01:53:29 -08:00
phonet Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/ 2009-02-14 23:12:00 -08:00
rfkill net/rfkill/rfkill.c: fix unused rfkill_led_trigger() warning 2009-01-04 17:11:24 -08:00
rose rose: convert to network_device_ops 2009-01-21 14:02:04 -08:00
rxrpc RxRPC: Fix a potential NULL dereference 2009-02-06 21:50:52 -08:00
sched pkt_sched: sch_multiq: Change errno on non-multiqueue devices use. 2009-02-10 00:11:21 -08:00
sctp net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
sunrpc net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c: some common code found 2009-02-06 23:48:33 -08:00
tipc net/tipc/bcast.h: use ARRAY_SIZE 2009-01-11 00:06:33 -08:00
unix
wanrouter
wimax Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/ 2009-02-14 23:12:00 -08:00
wireless cfg80211: add more flexible BSS lookup 2009-02-13 13:45:56 -05:00
x25 net: replace uses of __constant_{endian} 2009-02-01 00:45:17 -08:00
xfrm Revert "xfrm: For 32/64 compatability wrt. xfrm_usersa_info" 2009-01-20 09:49:51 -08:00
compat.c
Kconfig Phonet: move to Networking options like other protocol stacks 2009-01-26 21:03:33 -08:00
Makefile wimax: Makefile, Kconfig and docbook linkage for the stack 2009-01-07 10:00:17 -08:00
nonet.c
socket.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 22 2009-01-14 14:15:27 +01:00
sysctl_net.c
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