[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/3] xsk: TX metadata txtime support

[Song, Yoong Siang]

On Friday, December 1, 2023 6:46 PM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk at kernel.org> wrote:
>On 12/1/23 07:24, Song Yoong Siang wrote:
>> This series expands XDP TX metadata framework to include ETF HW offload.
>>
>> Changes since v1:
>> - rename Time-Based Scheduling (TBS) to Earliest TxTime First (ETF)
>> - rename launch-time to txtime
>>
>
>I strongly disagree with this renaming (sorry to disagree with Willem).
>
>The i210 and i225 chips call this LaunchTime in their programmers
>datasheets, and even in the driver code[1].
>
>Using this "txtime" name in the code is also confusing, because how can
>people reading the code know the difference between:
>  - tmo_request_timestamp and tmo_request_txtime
>

Hi Jesper and Willem,

How about using "launch_time" for the flag/variable and
"Earliest TxTime First" for the description/comments?  

Thanks & Regards
Siang

>
>[1]
>https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-
>project/blob/master/areas/tsn/code01_follow_qdisc_TSN_offload.org
>
>> v1:
>https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/cover/20231130162028.852006-1-
>yoong.siang.song at intel.com/
>>
>> Song Yoong Siang (3):
>>    xsk: add ETF support to XDP Tx metadata
>>    net: stmmac: Add txtime support to XDP ZC
>>    selftests/bpf: Add txtime to xdp_hw_metadata
>>
>>   Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml        |  4 ++++
>>   Documentation/networking/xsk-tx-metadata.rst   |  5 +++++
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h   |  2 ++
>>   .../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c  | 13 +++++++++++++
>>   include/net/xdp_sock.h                         |  9 +++++++++
>>   include/net/xdp_sock_drv.h                     |  1 +
>>   include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h                    |  9 +++++++++
>>   include/uapi/linux/netdev.h                    |  3 +++
>>   net/core/netdev-genl.c                         |  2 ++
>>   net/xdp/xsk.c                                  |  3 +++
>>   tools/include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h              |  9 +++++++++
>>   tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h              |  3 +++
>>   tools/net/ynl/generated/netdev-user.c          |  1 +
>>   tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdp_hw_metadata.c  | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
>>   14 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>