[PATCH v3 3/4] net/ice: enable PTP packet forward with TxPP

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Wed Nov 5 19:17:15 CET 2025


On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 01:46:36AM -0500, Soumyadeep Hore wrote:
> Previously TxPP cannot be run with ieee1588 fwd. This fwd
> if enabled after TxPP enablement, causes multiple calls to
> ice_timesync_enable() and ice_timesync_disable().
> 
> On introducing txpp_ena flag in adapter, the multiple calls
> is handled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Soumyadeep Hore <soumyadeep.hore at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
>  drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c
> index 3eef4303e9..2ac63bf97f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c
> @@ -2873,6 +2873,8 @@ ice_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  {
>  	struct rte_eth_dev_data *data = dev->data;
>  	struct ice_pf *pf = ICE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_PF(dev->data->dev_private);
> +	struct ice_adapter *ad =
> +			ICE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_ADAPTER(dev->data->dev_private);
>  	struct ice_vsi *main_vsi = pf->main_vsi;
>  	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = ICE_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
>  	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = pci_dev->intr_handle;
> @@ -2893,8 +2895,10 @@ ice_dev_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  	/* disable all queue interrupts */
>  	ice_vsi_disable_queues_intr(main_vsi);
>  
> -	if (dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads & RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_SEND_ON_TIMESTAMP)
> +	if (dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads & RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_SEND_ON_TIMESTAMP) {
> +		ad->txpp_ena = 0;
>  		ice_timesync_disable(dev);
> +	}
>  
>  	if (pf->adapter->devargs.link_state_on_close == ICE_LINK_UP ||
>  			(pf->adapter->devargs.link_state_on_close == ICE_LINK_INITIAL &&
> @@ -4436,8 +4440,10 @@ ice_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	if (dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads & RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_SEND_ON_TIMESTAMP)
> +	if (dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads & RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_SEND_ON_TIMESTAMP) {
>  		ice_timesync_enable(dev);
> +		ad->txpp_ena = 1;
> +	}
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> @@ -7029,6 +7035,9 @@ ice_timesync_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  			ICE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_ADAPTER(dev->data->dev_private);
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	if (ad->txpp_ena)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	if (dev->data->dev_started && !(dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
>  	    RTE_ETH_RX_OFFLOAD_TIMESTAMP)) {
>  		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Rx timestamp offload not configured");
> @@ -7267,6 +7276,9 @@ ice_timesync_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
>  	uint64_t val;
>  	uint8_t lport;
>  
> +	if (ad->txpp_ena)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	lport = hw->port_info->lport;
>  
>  	ice_clear_phy_tstamp(hw, lport, 0);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h
> index 6478d6dfbd..d9f857b81b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h
> @@ -668,6 +668,8 @@ struct ice_adapter {
>  	uint8_t ptp_tx_index;
>  	bool ptp_ena;
>  	uint64_t time_hw;
> +	/* For TxPP */
> +	bool txpp_ena;

this is leaving large gaps in the structure. Move variable to fill in
existing holes, rather than creating more, please.

/Bruce

>  	struct ice_fdir_prof_info fdir_prof_info[ICE_MAX_PTGS];
>  	struct ice_rss_prof_info rss_prof_info[ICE_MAX_PTGS];
>  	/* True if DCF state of the associated PF is on */
> -- 
> 2.47.1
> 


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