[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] net/af_packet: remove timestamp from packet status

[Tudor Cornea <tudor.cornea@gmail.com>]

We should eliminate the timestamp status from the packet
status. This should only matter if timestamping is enabled
on the socket, but we might hit a kernel bug, which is fixed
in newer releases.

For interfaces of type 'veth', the sent skb is forwarded
to the peer and back into the network stack which timestamps
it on the RX path if timestamping is enabled globally
(which happens if any socket enables timestamping).

When the skb is destructed, tpacket_destruct_skb() is called
and it calls __packet_set_timestamp() which doesn't check
the flags on the socket and returns the timestamp if it is
set in the skb (and for veth it is, as mentioned above).

See the following kernel commit for reference [1]:

net: packetmmap: fix only tx timestamp on request

The packetmmap tx ring should only return timestamps if requested
via setsockopt PACKET_TIMESTAMP, as documented. This allows
compatibility with non-timestamp aware user-space code which checks
tp_status == TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE; not expecting additional timestamp
flags to be set in tp_status.

[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3959391.html

Signed-off-by: Mihai Pogonaru <pogonarumihai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tudor Cornea <tudor.cornea@gmail.com>

---
v3:
* Place function name and parameters on a separate line.
v2:
* Remove compile-time check for kernel version
---
 drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c b/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
index b73b211..fcd8090 100644
--- a/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c
@@ -168,6 +168,26 @@ eth_af_packet_rx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Check if there is an available frame in the ring
+ */
+static inline bool
+tx_ring_status_available(uint32_t tp_status)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We eliminate the timestamp status from the packet status.
+	 * This should only matter if timestamping is enabled on the socket,
+	 * but there is a bug in the kernel which is fixed in newer releases.
+	 *
+	 * See the following kernel commit for reference:
+	 *     commit 171c3b151118a2fe0fc1e2a9d1b5a1570cfe82d2
+	 *     net: packetmmap: fix only tx timestamp on request
+	 */
+	tp_status &= ~(TP_STATUS_TS_SOFTWARE | TP_STATUS_TS_RAW_HARDWARE);
+
+	return tp_status == TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE;
+}
+
+/*
  * Callback to handle sending packets through a real NIC.
  */
 static uint16_t
@@ -212,8 +232,8 @@ eth_af_packet_tx(void *queue, struct rte_mbuf **bufs, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		}
 
 		/* point at the next incoming frame */
-		if ((ppd->tp_status != TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE) &&
-		    (poll(&pfd, 1, -1) < 0))
+		if (!tx_ring_status_available(ppd->tp_status) &&
+		    poll(&pfd, 1, -1) < 0)
 			break;
 
 		/* copy the tx frame data */
-- 
2.7.4