[PATCH net-next v1 4/4] net: lan966x: generate software timestamp just before the doorbell

Jason Xing kerneljasonxing at gmail.com
Wed May 7 20:33:28 PDT 2025


From: Jason Xing <kernelxing at tencent.com>

Make sure the call of skb_tx_timestamp as close to the doorbell.

Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing at tencent.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_fdma.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_fdma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_fdma.c
index 502670718104..e030f23e5145 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_fdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_fdma.c
@@ -730,7 +730,6 @@ int lan966x_fdma_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 *ifh, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 	skb_push(skb, IFH_LEN_BYTES);
 	memcpy(skb->data, ifh, IFH_LEN_BYTES);
 	skb_put(skb, 4);
@@ -768,6 +767,7 @@ int lan966x_fdma_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 *ifh, struct net_device *dev)
 		next_dcb_buf->ptp = true;
 
 	/* Start the transmission */
+	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
 	lan966x_fdma_tx_start(tx);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-- 
2.43.5




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