[PATCH net-next 1/2] net: remove legacy way to get/set HW timestamp config
From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
Date: 2026-01-14 22:44:08
Subsystem:
networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
With all drivers converted to use ndo_hwstamp callbacks the legacy way can be removed, marking ioctl interface as deprecated. Signed-off-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev> --- net/core/dev_ioctl.c | 60 ++++++++++++-------------------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 53a53357cfef..7a8966544c9d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static int dev_get_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr) int err; if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get) - return dev_eth_ioctl(dev, ifr, SIOCGHWTSTAMP); /* legacy */ + return -EOPNOTSUPP; if (!netif_device_present(dev)) return -ENODEV;
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static int dev_set_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr) } if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set) - return dev_eth_ioctl(dev, ifr, SIOCSHWTSTAMP); /* legacy */ + return -EOPNOTSUPP; if (!netif_device_present(dev)) return -ENODEV;
@@ -438,48 +438,23 @@ static int dev_set_hwtstamp(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr) return 0; } -static int generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(struct net_device *dev, int cmd, - struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_cfg) -{ - struct ifreq ifrr; - int err; - - if (!kernel_cfg->ifr) - return -EINVAL; - - strscpy_pad(ifrr.ifr_name, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ); - ifrr.ifr_ifru = kernel_cfg->ifr->ifr_ifru; - - err = dev_eth_ioctl(dev, &ifrr, cmd); - if (err) - return err; - - kernel_cfg->ifr->ifr_ifru = ifrr.ifr_ifru; - kernel_cfg->copied_to_user = true; - - return 0; -} - int generic_hwtstamp_get_lower(struct net_device *dev, struct kernel_hwtstamp_config *kernel_cfg) { const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops; + int err; if (!netif_device_present(dev)) return -ENODEV; - if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get) { - int err; - - netdev_lock_ops(dev); - err = dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg); - netdev_unlock_ops(dev); + if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; - return err; - } + netdev_lock_ops(dev); + err = dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg); + netdev_unlock_ops(dev); - /* Legacy path: unconverted lower driver */ - return generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(dev, SIOCGHWTSTAMP, kernel_cfg); + return err; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_hwtstamp_get_lower);
@@ -488,22 +463,19 @@ int generic_hwtstamp_set_lower(struct net_device *dev, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack) { const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops; + int err; if (!netif_device_present(dev)) return -ENODEV; - if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set) { - int err; - - netdev_lock_ops(dev); - err = dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg, extack); - netdev_unlock_ops(dev); + if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; - return err; - } + netdev_lock_ops(dev); + err = dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg, extack); + netdev_unlock_ops(dev); - /* Legacy path: unconverted lower driver */ - return generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(dev, SIOCSHWTSTAMP, kernel_cfg); + return err; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_hwtstamp_set_lower);
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