>> > @@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ void __sock_recv_timestamp(struct msghdr *msg, struct >> > sock *sk, >> > empty = 0; >> > if (shhwtstamps && >> > (sk->sk_tsflags & SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE) && >> > + (empty || !skb_is_err_queue(skb)) && >> > ktime_to_timespec_cond(shhwtstamps->hwtstamp, tss.ts + 2)) { >> >> I find skb->tstamp == 0 easier to understand than the condition on empty. >> >> Indeed, this is so non-obvious that I would suggest another helper function >> skb_is_hwtx_tstamp with a concise comment about the race condition >> between tx software and hardware timestamps (as in the last sentence of >> the commit message). > > Should it include also the skb_is_err_queue() check? If it returned > true for both TX and RX HW timestamps, maybe it could be called > skb_has_hw_tstamp?
For the purpose of documenting why this complex condition exists, I would call the skb_is_err_queue in that helper function and make it tx + hw specific.