Re: [PATCH v2] net: stmmac: correct MAC propagation delay

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Jul 25 2023 - 23:06:15 EST


On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:01:31 +0200 Johannes Zink wrote:
> The IEEE1588 Standard specifies that the timestamps of Packets must be
> captured when the PTP message timestamp point (leading edge of first
> octet after the start of frame delimiter) crosses the boundary between
> the node and the network. As the MAC latches the timestamp at an
> internal point, the captured timestamp must be corrected for the
> additional path latency, as described in the publicly available
> datasheet [1].
>
> This patch only corrects for the MAC-Internal delay, which can be read
> out from the MAC_Ingress_Timestamp_Latency register, since the Phy
> framework currently does not support querying the Phy ingress and egress
> latency. The Closs Domain Crossing Circuits errors as indicated in [1]
> are already being accounted in the stmmac_get_tx_hwtstamp() function and
> are not corrected here.
>
> As the Latency varies for different link speeds and MII
> modes of operation, the correction value needs to be updated on each
> link state change.
>
> As the delay also causes a phase shift in the timestamp counter compared
> to the rest of the network, this correction will also reduce phase error
> when generating PPS outputs from the timestamp counter.
>
> [1] i.MX8MP Reference Manual, rev.1 Section 11.7.2.5.3 "Timestamp
> correction"

Hi Richard,

any opinion on this one?

The subject read to me like it's about *MII clocking delays, I figured
you may have missed it, too.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h
> index 6ee7cf07cfd7..95a4d6099577 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.h
> @@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ struct stmmac_hwtimestamp {
> void (*get_systime) (void __iomem *ioaddr, u64 *systime);
> void (*get_ptptime)(void __iomem *ioaddr, u64 *ptp_time);
> void (*timestamp_interrupt)(struct stmmac_priv *priv);
> + void (*correct_latency)(struct stmmac_priv *priv);
> };
>
> #define stmmac_config_hw_tstamping(__priv, __args...) \
> @@ -554,6 +555,8 @@ struct stmmac_hwtimestamp {
> stmmac_do_void_callback(__priv, ptp, get_ptptime, __args)
> #define stmmac_timestamp_interrupt(__priv, __args...) \
> stmmac_do_void_callback(__priv, ptp, timestamp_interrupt, __args)
> +#define stmmac_correct_latency(__priv, __args...) \
> + stmmac_do_void_callback(__priv, ptp, correct_latency, __args)
>
> struct stmmac_tx_queue;
> struct stmmac_rx_queue;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_hwtstamp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_hwtstamp.c
> index fa2c3ba7e9fe..7e0fa024e0ad 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_hwtstamp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_hwtstamp.c
> @@ -60,6 +60,48 @@ static void config_sub_second_increment(void __iomem *ioaddr,
> *ssinc = data;
> }
>
> +static void correct_latency(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
> +{
> + void __iomem *ioaddr = priv->ptpaddr;
> + u32 reg_tsic, reg_tsicsns;
> + u32 reg_tsec, reg_tsecsns;
> + u64 scaled_ns;
> + u32 val;
> +
> + /* MAC-internal ingress latency */
> + scaled_ns = readl(ioaddr + PTP_TS_INGR_LAT);
> +
> + /* See section 11.7.2.5.3.1 "Ingress Correction" on page 4001 of
> + * i.MX8MP Applications Processor Reference Manual Rev. 1, 06/2021
> + */
> + val = readl(ioaddr + PTP_TCR);
> + if (val & PTP_TCR_TSCTRLSSR)
> + /* nanoseconds field is in decimal format with granularity of 1ns/bit */
> + scaled_ns = ((u64)NSEC_PER_SEC << 16) - scaled_ns;
> + else
> + /* nanoseconds field is in binary format with granularity of ~0.466ns/bit */
> + scaled_ns = ((1ULL << 31) << 16) -
> + DIV_U64_ROUND_CLOSEST(scaled_ns * PSEC_PER_NSEC, 466U);
> +
> + reg_tsic = scaled_ns >> 16;
> + reg_tsicsns = scaled_ns & 0xff00;
> +
> + /* set bit 31 for 2's compliment */
> + reg_tsic |= BIT(31);
> +
> + writel(reg_tsic, ioaddr + PTP_TS_INGR_CORR_NS);
> + writel(reg_tsicsns, ioaddr + PTP_TS_INGR_CORR_SNS);
> +
> + /* MAC-internal egress latency */
> + scaled_ns = readl(ioaddr + PTP_TS_EGR_LAT);
> +
> + reg_tsec = scaled_ns >> 16;
> + reg_tsecsns = scaled_ns & 0xff00;
> +
> + writel(reg_tsec, ioaddr + PTP_TS_EGR_CORR_NS);
> + writel(reg_tsecsns, ioaddr + PTP_TS_EGR_CORR_SNS);
> +}
> +
> static int init_systime(void __iomem *ioaddr, u32 sec, u32 nsec)
> {
> u32 value;
> @@ -221,4 +263,5 @@ const struct stmmac_hwtimestamp stmmac_ptp = {
> .get_systime = get_systime,
> .get_ptptime = get_ptptime,
> .timestamp_interrupt = timestamp_interrupt,
> + .correct_latency = correct_latency,
> };
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> index efe85b086abe..ee78e69e9ae3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
> @@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ static int stmmac_init_ptp(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
> priv->hwts_tx_en = 0;
> priv->hwts_rx_en = 0;
>
> + stmmac_correct_latency(priv, priv);
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1094,6 +1096,8 @@ static void stmmac_mac_link_up(struct phylink_config *config,
>
> if (priv->dma_cap.fpesel)
> stmmac_fpe_link_state_handle(priv, true);
> +
> + stmmac_correct_latency(priv, priv);
> }
>
> static const struct phylink_mac_ops stmmac_phylink_mac_ops = {
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.h
> index bf619295d079..d1fe4b46f162 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ptp.h
> @@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
> #define PTP_ACR 0x40 /* Auxiliary Control Reg */
> #define PTP_ATNR 0x48 /* Auxiliary Timestamp - Nanoseconds Reg */
> #define PTP_ATSR 0x4c /* Auxiliary Timestamp - Seconds Reg */
> +#define PTP_TS_INGR_CORR_NS 0x58 /* Ingress timestamp correction nanoseconds */
> +#define PTP_TS_EGR_CORR_NS 0x5C /* Egress timestamp correction nanoseconds*/
> +#define PTP_TS_INGR_CORR_SNS 0x60 /* Ingress timestamp correction subnanoseconds */
> +#define PTP_TS_EGR_CORR_SNS 0x64 /* Egress timestamp correction subnanoseconds */
> +#define PTP_TS_INGR_LAT 0x68 /* MAC internal Ingress Latency */
> +#define PTP_TS_EGR_LAT 0x6c /* MAC internal Egress Latency */
>
> #define PTP_STNSUR_ADDSUB_SHIFT 31
> #define PTP_DIGITAL_ROLLOVER_MODE 0x3B9ACA00 /* 10e9-1 ns */
>
> ---
> base-commit: ba80e20d7f3f87dab3f9f0c0ca66e4b1fcc7be9f
> change-id: 20230719-stmmac_correct_mac_delay-4278cb9d9bc1
>
> Best regards,