From: David Ahern <dsah...@kernel.org> Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 08:55:42 -0700
> From: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> > > Add support for timestamping netlink messages. If a socket wants a > timestamp, it is added when the skb clone is queued to the socket. > > Allow userspace to know the actual time an event happened. In a > busy system there can be a long lag between when the event happened > and when the message is read from the socket. Further, this allows > separate netlink sockets for various RTNLGRP's where the timestamp > can be used to sort the messages if needed. > > Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> > --- > one question I have is whether it would be better to add the timestamp > when the skb is created so it is the same for all sockets as opposed to > setting the time per socket. If the importance is that the timestamp is when the "event" occurs then you should set it at skb creation time.
