net: ethtool: ts: add separate counter for unconfirmed one-step TX timestamps

For packets with two-step timestamp requests, the hardware timestamp
comes back to the driver through a confirmation mechanism of sorts,
which allows the driver to confidently bump the successful "pkts"
counter.

For one-step PTP, the NIC is supposed to autonomously insert its
hardware TX timestamp in the packet headers while simultaneously
transmitting it. There may be a confirmation that this was done
successfully, or there may not.

None of the current drivers which implement ethtool_ops :: get_ts_stats()
also support HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC or HWTSTAMP_TX_ONESTEP_SYNC, so it
is a bit unclear which model to follow. But there are NICs, such as DSA,
where there is no transmit confirmation at all. Here, it would be wrong /
misleading to increment the successful "pkts" counter, because one-step
PTP packets can be dropped on TX just like any other packets.

So introduce a special counter which signifies "yes, an attempt was made,
but we don't know whether it also exited the port or not". I expect that
for one-step PTP packets where a confirmation is available, the "pkts"
counter would be bumped.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250116104628.123555-2-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml

@@ -842,6 +842,9 @@ attribute-sets:
       -
         name: tx-err
         type: uint
+      -
+        name: tx-onestep-pkts-unconfirmed
+        type: uint
   -
     name: ts-hwtstamp-provider
     attr-cnt-name: __ethtool-a-ts-hwtstamp-provider-cnt

Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst

@@ -1281,11 +1281,17 @@ would be empty (no bit set).
 
 Additional hardware timestamping statistics response contents:
 
-  =====================================  ======  ===================================
-  ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_PKTS``          uint    Packets with Tx HW timestamps
-  ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_LOST``          uint    Tx HW timestamp not arrived count
-  ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_ERR``           uint    HW error request Tx timestamp count
-  =====================================  ======  ===================================
+  ==================================================  ======  =====================
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_PKTS``                       uint    Packets with Tx
+                                                              HW timestamps
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_LOST``                       uint    Tx HW timestamp
+                                                              not arrived count
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_ERR``                        uint    HW error request
+                                                              Tx timestamp count
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_ONESTEP_PKTS_UNCONFIRMED``   uint    Packets with one-step
+                                                              HW TX timestamps with
+                                                              unconfirmed delivery
+  ==================================================  ======  =====================
 
 CABLE_TEST
 ==========

include/linux/ethtool.h

@@ -559,6 +559,12 @@ struct ethtool_rmon_stats {
 /**
  * struct ethtool_ts_stats - HW timestamping statistics
  * @pkts: Number of packets successfully timestamped by the hardware.
+ * @onestep_pkts_unconfirmed: Number of PTP packets with one-step TX
+ *			      timestamping that were sent, but for which the
+ *			      device offers no confirmation whether they made
+ *			      it onto the wire and the timestamp was inserted
+ *			      in the originTimestamp or correctionField, or
+ *			      not.
  * @lost: Number of hardware timestamping requests where the timestamping
  *	information from the hardware never arrived for submission with
  *	the skb.
@@ -571,6 +577,7 @@ struct ethtool_rmon_stats {
 struct ethtool_ts_stats {
 	struct_group(tx_stats,
 		u64 pkts;
+		u64 onestep_pkts_unconfirmed;
 		u64 lost;
 		u64 err;
 	);

include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h

@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ enum {
 	ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_PKTS,
 	ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_LOST,
 	ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_ERR,
+	ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_ONESTEP_PKTS_UNCONFIRMED,
 
 	__ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_CNT,
 	ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_CNT - 1)

net/ethtool/tsinfo.c

@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ static int tsinfo_put_stats(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (tsinfo_put_stat(skb, stats->tx_stats.pkts,
 			    ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_PKTS) ||
+	    tsinfo_put_stat(skb, stats->tx_stats.onestep_pkts_unconfirmed,
+			    ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_ONESTEP_PKTS_UNCONFIRMED) ||
 	    tsinfo_put_stat(skb, stats->tx_stats.lost,
 			    ETHTOOL_A_TS_STAT_TX_LOST) ||
 	    tsinfo_put_stat(skb, stats->tx_stats.err,