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[PATCH net 2/2] sfc: ptp: avoid racing PPS timestamp updates

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From: Alex Austin <hidden>
Date: 2026-10-09 18:33:11
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Subsystem: networking drivers, sfc network driver, the rest · Maintainers: Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Edward Cree, Linus Torvalds

Revision v1 of 2 in this series; 2 review trailers.

Revisions (2)
  1. v1 current
  2. v2 [diff vs current]
efx_ptp_pps_worker() can race with SIOCHWTSTAMP via
efx_ptp_change_mode(). After the worker completes synchronization, the
ioctl can start another synchronization and update host_time_pps while
the worker copies it into the PPS event. This can report a partially
updated timestamp. Serializing synchronization transactions alone does
not protect this copy, which happens after phc_lock is released.

Fixes: 7c236c43b838 ("sfc: Add support for IEEE-1588 PTP")
Signed-off-by: Alex Austin <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Alejandro Lucero <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
index ac9951f..103df1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ struct efx_ptp_timeset {
 	u32 window;	/* Derived: end - start, allowing for wrap */
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct efx_ptp_sync_result - Result of host and MC synchronisation
+ * @host_time_pps: Host time at the NIC top of second
+ */
+struct efx_ptp_sync_result {
+	struct pps_event_time host_time_pps;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct efx_ptp_rxfilter - Filter for PTP packets
  * @list: Node of the list where the filter is added
@@ -268,7 +276,6 @@ struct efx_ptp_rxfilter {
  * @evt_frag_idx: Current fragment number
  * @evt_code: Last event code
  * @start: Address at which MC indicates ready for synchronisation
- * @host_time_pps: Host time at last PPS
  * @adjfreq_ppb_shift: Shift required to convert scaled parts-per-billion
  * frequency adjustment into a fixed point fractional nanosecond format.
  * @current_adjfreq: Current ppb adjustment.
@@ -329,7 +336,6 @@ struct efx_ptp_data {
 	int evt_frag_idx;
 	int evt_code;
 	struct efx_buffer start;
-	struct pps_event_time host_time_pps;
 	unsigned int adjfreq_ppb_shift;
 	s64 current_adjfreq;
 	struct ptp_clock *phc_clock;
@@ -911,7 +917,8 @@ static void efx_ptp_read_timeset(MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(data),
 static int
 efx_ptp_process_times(struct efx_nic *efx, MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(synch_buf),
 		      size_t response_length,
-		      const struct pps_event_time *last_time)
+		      const struct pps_event_time *last_time,
+		      struct efx_ptp_sync_result *result)
 {
 	unsigned number_readings =
 		MCDI_VAR_ARRAY_LEN(response_length,
@@ -989,6 +996,10 @@ efx_ptp_process_times(struct efx_nic *efx, MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(synch_buf),
 			   "PTP bad synchronisation seconds\n");
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
+
+	if (!result)
+		return 0;
+
 	delta.tv_sec = (last_sec - start_sec) & 1;
 	delta.tv_nsec =
 		last_time->ts_real.tv_nsec -
@@ -1005,14 +1016,15 @@ efx_ptp_process_times(struct efx_nic *efx, MCDI_DECLARE_STRUCT_PTR(synch_buf),
 	delta.tv_nsec += ktime_to_timespec64(mc_time).tv_nsec;
 
 	/* Set PPS timestamp to match NIC top of second */
-	ptp->host_time_pps = *last_time;
-	pps_sub_ts(&ptp->host_time_pps, delta);
+	result->host_time_pps = *last_time;
+	pps_sub_ts(&result->host_time_pps, delta);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Synchronize times between the host and the MC */
-static int efx_ptp_synchronize(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int num_readings)
+static int efx_ptp_synchronize(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int num_readings,
+			       struct efx_ptp_sync_result *result)
 {
 	struct efx_ptp_data *ptp = efx->ptp_data;
 	MCDI_DECLARE_BUF(synch_buf, MC_CMD_PTP_OUT_SYNCHRONIZE_LENMAX);
@@ -1061,7 +1073,7 @@ static int efx_ptp_synchronize(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int num_readings)
 				 &response_length);
 	if (rc == 0) {
 		rc = efx_ptp_process_times(efx, synch_buf, response_length,
-					   &last_time);
+					   &last_time, result);
 		if (rc == 0)
 			++ptp->good_syncs;
 		else
@@ -1494,14 +1506,15 @@ static void efx_ptp_pps_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct efx_ptp_data *ptp =
 		container_of(work, struct efx_ptp_data, pps_work);
+	struct efx_ptp_sync_result result = {};
 	struct efx_nic *efx = ptp->efx;
 	struct ptp_clock_event ptp_evt;
 
-	if (efx_ptp_synchronize(efx, PTP_SYNC_ATTEMPTS))
+	if (efx_ptp_synchronize(efx, PTP_SYNC_ATTEMPTS, &result))
 		return;
 
 	ptp_evt.type = PTP_CLOCK_PPSUSR;
-	ptp_evt.pps_times = ptp->host_time_pps;
+	ptp_evt.pps_times = result.host_time_pps;
 	ptp_clock_event(ptp->phc_clock, &ptp_evt);
 }
 
@@ -1837,7 +1850,8 @@ int efx_ptp_change_mode(struct efx_nic *efx, bool enable_wanted,
 				rc = efx_ptp_start(efx);
 			if (rc == 0) {
 				rc = efx_ptp_synchronize(efx,
-							 PTP_SYNC_ATTEMPTS * 2);
+							 PTP_SYNC_ATTEMPTS * 2,
+							 NULL);
 				if (rc != 0)
 					efx_ptp_stop(efx);
 			}
-- 
2.34.1
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