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* net: validate HWTSTAMP ioctl parametersRichard Cochran2011-10-191-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | This patch adds a sanity check on the values provided by user space for the hardware time stamping configuration. If the values lie outside of the absolute limits, then the ioctl request will be denied. Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@omicron.at> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: introduce ptp one step time stamp mode for sync packetsRichard Cochran2011-09-261-0/+9
| | | | | | | | | | The IEEE 1588 standard (PTP) has a provision for a "one step" mode, where time stamps on outgoing event packets are inserted into the packet by the hardware on the fly. This patch adds a new flag for the SIOCSHWTSTAMP ioctl that lets user space programs request this mode. Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@omicron.at> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: new user space API for time stamping of incoming and outgoing packetsPatrick Ohly2009-02-151-0/+104
User space can request hardware and/or software time stamping. Reporting of the result(s) via a new control message is enabled separately for each field in the message because some of the fields may require additional computation and thus cause overhead. User space can tell the different kinds of time stamps apart and choose what suits its needs. When a TX timestamp operation is requested, the TX skb will be cloned and the clone will be time stamped (in hardware or software) and added to the socket error queue of the skb, if the skb has a socket associated with it. The actual TX timestamp will reach userspace as a RX timestamp on the cloned packet. If timestamping is requested and no timestamping is done in the device driver (potentially this may use hardware timestamping), it will be done in software after the device's start_hard_xmit routine. Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>