Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] ptp: Add generic ptp v2 header parsing function
From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@ti.com>
Date: 2020-08-04 22:05:10
On 05/08/2020 00:44, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 12:34:47AM +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote:quoted
On 05/08/2020 00:07, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:quoted
On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 11:56:12PM +0300, Grygorii Strashko wrote:quoted
On 31/07/2020 13:06, Kurt Kanzenbach wrote:quoted
On Thu Jul 30 2020, Petr Machata wrote:quoted
Kurt Kanzenbach [off-list ref] writes:quoted
@@ -107,6 +107,37 @@ unsigned int ptp_classify_raw(const struct sk_buff *skb) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ptp_classify_raw); +struct ptp_header *ptp_parse_header(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int type) +{ + u8 *data = skb_mac_header(skb); + u8 *ptr = data;One of the "data" and "ptr" variables is superfluous.Yeah. Can be shortened to u8 *ptr = skb_mac_header(skb);Actually usage of skb_mac_header(skb) breaks CPTS RX time-stamping on am571x platform PATCH 6. The CPSW RX timestamp requested after full packet put in SKB, but before calling eth_type_trans(). So, skb->data pints on Eth header, but skb_mac_header() return garbage. Below diff fixes it for me.However, that's likely to break everyone else. For example, anyone calling this from the mii_timestamper rxtstamp() method, the skb will have been classified with the MAC header pushed and restored, so skb->data points at the network header. Your change means that ptp_parse_header() expects the MAC header to also be pushed. Is it possible to adjust CPTS? Looking at: drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c... yes. drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_new.c... yes. drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c... unclear. If not, maybe cpts should remain unconverted - I don't see any reason to provide a generic function for one user.Could it be an option to pass "u8 *ptr" instead of "const struct sk_buff *skb" as input parameter to ptp_parse_header()?It needs to read from the buffer, and in order to do that, it needs to validate that the buffer contains sufficient data. So, at minimum it needs to be a pointer and size of valid data. I was thinking about suggesting that as a core function, with a wrapper for the existing interface.
Then length can be added.
Otherwise not only CPTS can't benefit from this new API, but also
drivers like oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c -> pch_ptp_match()
or have to two have two APIs (name?).
ptp_parse_header1(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int type)
{
u8 *data = skb_mac_header(skb);
ptp_parse_header2(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int type)
{
u8 *data = skb->data;
everything else is the same.
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Best regards,
grygorii