Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] socket: Add SO_TIMESTAMP[NS]_NEW

Willem de Bruijn <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.kernel.year-2038,gmane.linux.ports.alpha,gmane.linux.ports.mips.general,gmane.linux.ports.parisc,gmane.linux.drivers.rdma,gmane.linux.ports.sparc
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 8:07 PM Deepa Dinamani <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
> > > index 00e45c80e574..352e3dc0b3d9 100644
> > > --- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
> > > +++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h
> > > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> > >  #define _UAPI_ASM_SOCKET_H
> > >
> > >  #include <asm/sockios.h>
> > > +#include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
> > >
> > >  /* For setsockopt(2) */
> > >  /*
> > > @@ -110,12 +111,22 @@
> > >
> > >  #define SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD         29
> > >  #define SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD       35
> > > +
> > >  #define SO_TIMESTAMPING_OLD      37
> > >
> > > +#define SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW         62
> > > +#define SO_TIMESTAMPNS_NEW       63
> > > +
> > >  #if !defined(__KERNEL__)
> > >
> > > -#define SO_TIMESTAMP           SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD
> > > -#define SO_TIMESTAMPNS         SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD
> > > +#if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
> > > +#define SO_TIMESTAMP           SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD
> > > +#define SO_TIMESTAMPNS         SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD
> > > +#else
> > > +#define SO_TIMESTAMP (sizeof(time_t) == sizeof(__kernel_long_t) ? SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD : SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW)
> > > +#define SO_TIMESTAMPNS (sizeof(time_t) == sizeof(__kernel_long_t) ? SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD : SO_TIMESTAMPNS_NEW)
> > > +#endif
> > > +
> >
> > This is not platform specific. Perhaps it can be deduplicated. The
> > interface expects callers to include <linux/socket.h>, not
> > <asm/socket.h> directly. So perhaps it can go there?
>
> I'm not following what you are saying here.
>
> Are you talking about in kernel users or userspace interface?
>
> Userspace should always include sys/socket.h according to the man page.
> I'm not sure if userspace can even include linux/socket.h directly.
> On my distribution this includes bits/socket.h which in turn includes
> asm/socket.h.

I meant include/uapi/linux/socket.h.

But you're right that that is not referenced from sys/socket.h.

I do see a reference to it in my bits/socket.h

    /* Socket level message types.  This must match the definitions in
       <linux/socket.h>.  */

so perhaps the logic could be both there and in libc bits/socket.h.

> Which file gets installed as asm/socket.h is defined per architecture
> in the kbuild file such as
> arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/Kbuild (without series applied):
>
>  generic-y += poll.h
>  generic-y += sembuf.h
>  generic-y += shmbuf.h
>  generic-y += socket.h
>
> Also the new timestamp numbers being added are not the same for all
> architectures.
>
> So I'm not sure how this can be moved to linux/socket.h.

Does that matter, as long as they are defined? This basic block is the
same between all archs:

    -#define SO_TIMESTAMP           SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD
    -#define SO_TIMESTAMPNS         SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD
    +#if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
    +#define SO_TIMESTAMP           SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD
    +#define SO_TIMESTAMPNS         SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD
    +#else
    +#define SO_TIMESTAMP (sizeof(time_t) == sizeof(__kernel_long_t) ?
SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD : SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW)
    +#define SO_TIMESTAMPNS (sizeof(time_t) == sizeof(__kernel_long_t)
? SO_TIMESTAMPNS_OLD : SO_TIMESTAMPNS_NEW)
    +#endif

It might be too complex to coordinate changes between kernel and libc
headers, in which case you're right that this just has to live in
(each arch's) asm/socket.h directly.
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