[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v3] igb: Retrieve Tx timestamp directly from interrupt for i210
Jakub Kicinski
kuba at kernel.org
Wed Feb 11 21:44:36 UTC 2026
On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:29:03 -0800 Jacob Keller wrote:
> > Moving the timestamping in IRQ looked like a good solution, because the
> > device already signals that the Tx timestamp is available now. No need
> > to schedule any worker/work at all. So, it'd be very nice if
> > skb_tstamp_tx() could be called from IRQ context. BTW other drivers like
> > igc call this function in IRQ context as well.
>
> Right. Reporting the timestamp from the interrupt is the simplest and
> lowest latency method. I know Miroslav had some situations and devices
> where it apparently caused more problems than it helped, though I don't
> believe anyone else has reproduced those?
There's a BH workqueue now, as a replacement for tasklets.
Presumably smallest fix would be to switch to that?
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