Re: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: ISO: Support SCM_TIMESTAMPING for ISO TS

From: Pauli Virtanen
Date: Sat Jul 05 2025 - 16:40:31 EST


Hi,

pe, 2025-07-04 kello 13:36 +0800, Yang Li via B4 Relay kirjoitti:
> From: Yang Li <yang.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> User-space applications (e.g., PipeWire) depend on
> ISO-formatted timestamps for precise audio sync.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Change to use hwtimestamp
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250702-iso_ts-v2-1-723d199c8068@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Support SOCK_RCVTSTAMPNS via CMSG for ISO sockets
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250429-iso_ts-v1-1-e586f30de6cb@xxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> net/bluetooth/iso.c | 10 +++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/iso.c b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
> index fc22782cbeeb..67ff355167d8 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/iso.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/iso.c
> @@ -2301,13 +2301,21 @@ void iso_recv(struct hci_conn *hcon, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 flags)
> if (ts) {
> struct hci_iso_ts_data_hdr *hdr;
>
> - /* TODO: add timestamp to the packet? */
> hdr = skb_pull_data(skb, HCI_ISO_TS_DATA_HDR_SIZE);
> if (!hdr) {
> BT_ERR("Frame is too short (len %d)", skb->len);
> goto drop;
> }
>
> + /* The ISO ts is based on the controller’s clock domain,
> + * so hardware timestamping (hwtimestamp) must be used.
> + * Ref: Documentation/networking/timestamping.rst,
> + * chapter 3.1 Hardware Timestamping.
> + */
> + struct skb_shared_hwtstamps *hwts = skb_hwtstamps(skb);
> + if (hwts)

In addition to the moving variable on top, the null check is spurious
as skb_hwtstamps is never NULL (driver/net/* do not check it either).

Did you test this with SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE in userspace?
Pipewire does not try to get HW timestamps right now.

Would be good to also add some tests in bluez/tools/iso-tester.c
although this needs some extension to the emulator/* to support
timestamps properly.

> + hwts->hwtstamp = us_to_ktime(le32_to_cpu(hdr->ts));
> +
> len = __le16_to_cpu(hdr->slen);
> } else {
> struct hci_iso_data_hdr *hdr;
>
> ---
> base-commit: 3bc46213b81278f3a9df0324768e152de71eb9fe
> change-id: 20250421-iso_ts-c82a300ae784
>
> Best regards,

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Pauli Virtanen