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socket: Update timestamping Documentation

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With the new y2038 safe timestamping options added, update the
documentation to reflect the changes.

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Deepa Dinamani 2019-02-02 07:34:52 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
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@ -6,11 +6,21 @@ The interfaces for receiving network packages timestamps are:
* SO_TIMESTAMP
Generates a timestamp for each incoming packet in (not necessarily
monotonic) system time. Reports the timestamp via recvmsg() in a
control message as struct timeval (usec resolution).
control message in usec resolution.
SO_TIMESTAMP is defined as SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW or SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD
based on the architecture type and time_t representation of libc.
Control message format is in struct __kernel_old_timeval for
SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD and in struct __kernel_sock_timeval for
SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW options respectively.
* SO_TIMESTAMPNS
Same timestamping mechanism as SO_TIMESTAMP, but reports the
timestamp as struct timespec (nsec resolution).
timestamp as struct timespec in nsec resolution.
SO_TIMESTAMPNS is defined as SO_TIMESTAMPNS_NEW or SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD
based on the architecture type and time_t representation of libc.
Control message format is in struct timespec for SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD
and in struct __kernel_timespec for SO_TIMESTAMPNS_NEW options
respectively.
* IP_MULTICAST_LOOP + SO_TIMESTAMP[NS]
Only for multicast:approximate transmit timestamp obtained by
@ -22,7 +32,7 @@ The interfaces for receiving network packages timestamps are:
timestamps for stream sockets.
1.1 SO_TIMESTAMP:
1.1 SO_TIMESTAMP (also SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD and SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW):
This socket option enables timestamping of datagrams on the reception
path. Because the destination socket, if any, is not known early in
@ -31,15 +41,25 @@ same is true for all early receive timestamp options.
For interface details, see `man 7 socket`.
Always use SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW timestamp to always get timestamp in
struct __kernel_sock_timeval format.
1.2 SO_TIMESTAMPNS:
SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD returns incorrect timestamps after the year 2038
on 32 bit machines.
1.2 SO_TIMESTAMPNS (also SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD and SO_TIMESTAMPNS_NEW):
This option is identical to SO_TIMESTAMP except for the returned data type.
Its struct timespec allows for higher resolution (ns) timestamps than the
timeval of SO_TIMESTAMP (ms).
Always use SO_TIMESTAMPNS_NEW timestamp to always get timestamp in
struct __kernel_timespec format.
1.3 SO_TIMESTAMPING:
SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD returns incorrect timestamps after the year 2038
on 32 bit machines.
1.3 SO_TIMESTAMPING (also SO_TIMESTAMPING_OLD and SO_TIMESTAMPING_NEW):
Supports multiple types of timestamp requests. As a result, this
socket option takes a bitmap of flags, not a boolean. In
@ -323,10 +343,23 @@ SO_TIMESTAMP and SO_TIMESTAMPNS records can be retrieved.
These timestamps are returned in a control message with cmsg_level
SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type SCM_TIMESTAMPING, and payload of type
For SO_TIMESTAMPING_OLD:
struct scm_timestamping {
struct timespec ts[3];
};
For SO_TIMESTAMPING_NEW:
struct scm_timestamping64 {
struct __kernel_timespec ts[3];
Always use SO_TIMESTAMPING_NEW timestamp to always get timestamp in
struct scm_timestamping64 format.
SO_TIMESTAMPING_OLD returns incorrect timestamps after the year 2038
on 32 bit machines.
The structure can return up to three timestamps. This is a legacy
feature. At least one field is non-zero at any time. Most timestamps
are passed in ts[0]. Hardware timestamps are passed in ts[2].