Re: [PATCH net-next] net: lan743x: skip timestamping for non-PTP packets

[Richard Cochran]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 06:24:18PM +0530, Vishvambar Panth S wrote:
> Currently all the RX packets are timestamped and the timestamp is appended
> to the RX packet for processing, this reduces RX throughput. This can be
> optimized by timestamping packets only when the PTP messages are received.

No, you should not do this unconditionally.

Instead, you need to dial the correct setting based on the
hwtstamp_config in lan743x_ptp_ioctl().

Thanks,
Richard