SOCK_TSTAMP_NEW (timespec64 instead of timespec) is also used for hardware time stamps (configured via SO_TIMESTAMPING_NEW).
User space (ptp4l) first configures hardware time stamping via SO_TIMESTAMPING_NEW which sets SOCK_TSTAMP_NEW. In the next step, ptp4l disables SO_TIMESTAMPNS(_NEW) (software time stamps), but this must not switch hardware time stamps back to "32 bit mode". This problem happens on 32 bit platforms were the libc has already switched to struct timespec64 (from SO_TIMExxx_OLD to SO_TIMExxx_NEW socket options). ptp4l complains with "missing timestamp on transmitted peer delay request" because the wrong format is received (and discarded). Fixes: 887feae36aee ("socket: Add SO_TIMESTAMP[NS]_NEW") Fixes: 783da70e8396 ("net: add sock_enable_timestamps") Signed-off-by: Christian Eggers <cegg...@arri.de> Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <will...@google.com> Acked-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.ker...@gmail.com> --- v2: ----- - Added ACKs from Willem and Deepa On Saturday, 10 October 2020, 05:38:56 CEST, Deepa Dinamani wrote: > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 5:35 PM Willem de Bruijn > <willemdebruijn.ker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As this commit message shows, with SO_TIMESTAMP(NS) and > > SO_TIMESTAMPING that can be independently turned on and off, disabling > > one can incorrectly switch modes while the other is still active. > > This will not help the case when a child process that inherits the fd > and then sets SO_TIMESTAMP*_OLD/NEW on it, while the parent uses the > other version. > One of the two processes might still be surprised. But, child and > parent actively using the same socket fd might be expecting trouble > already. Usually the decision between SO_TIMESTAMP*_OLD/NEW will be done at compile time (trough the system C library headers). For a typical "distribution" it should be quite unlikely that two programs will be compiled using different settings. net/core/sock.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c index 669cf9b8bb44..f4236c7512b5 100644 --- a/net/core/sock.c +++ b/net/core/sock.c @@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ static void __sock_set_timestamps(struct sock *sk, bool val, bool new, bool ns) } else { sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_RCVTSTAMP); sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_RCVTSTAMPNS); - sock_reset_flag(sk, SOCK_TSTAMP_NEW); } } -- Christian Eggers Embedded software developer Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG Sitz: Muenchen - Registergericht: Amtsgericht Muenchen - Handelsregisternummer: HRA 57918 Persoenlich haftender Gesellschafter: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH Sitz: Muenchen - Registergericht: Amtsgericht Muenchen - Handelsregisternummer: HRB 54477 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Dr. Michael Neuhaeuser; Stephan Schenk; Walter Trauninger; Markus Zeiler