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can: dev: can_put_echo_skb(): add software tx timestamps
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Call skb_tx_timestamp() within can_put_echo_skb() so that a software tx
timestamp gets attached to the skb.

There two main reasons to include this call in can_put_echo_skb():

  * It easily allow to enable the tx timestamp on all devices with
    just one small change.

  * According to Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst, the tx
    timestamps should be generated in the device driver as close as possible,
    but always prior to passing the packet to the network interface. During the
    call to can_put_echo_skb(), the skb gets cloned meaning that the driver
    should not dereference the skb variable anymore after can_put_echo_skb()
    returns. This makes can_put_echo_skb() the very last place we can use the
    skb without having to access the echo_skb[] array.

Remark: by default, skb_tx_timestamp() does nothing. It needs to be activated
by passing the SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE flag either through socket options
or control messages.

References:

 * Support for the error queue in CAN RAW sockets (which is needed for
   tx timestamps) was introduced in:
   https://git.kernel.org//torvalds/c/eb88531bdbfaafb827192d1fc6c5a3fcc4fadd96

  * Put the call to skb_tx_timestamp() just before adding it to the
    array:
    https://lore.kernel.org/r/043c3ea1-6bdd-59c0-0269-27b2b5b36cec@victronenergy.com

  * About Tx hardware timestamps
    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210111171152.GB11715@hoboy.vegasvil.org

Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210112095437.6488-2-mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
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Vincent Mailhol authored and Marc Kleine-Budde committed Jan 14, 2021
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Expand Up @@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ int can_put_echo_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
/* save frame_len to reuse it when transmission is completed */
can_skb_prv(skb)->frame_len = frame_len;

skb_tx_timestamp(skb);

/* save this skb for tx interrupt echo handling */
priv->echo_skb[idx] = skb;
} else {
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