linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V12 3/4] ptp: Added a clock driver for the IXP46x.

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:43:00 -0700
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...ux.it>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V12 3/4] ptp: Added a clock driver for the IXP46x.

On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 08:58 +0100, Richard Cochran wrote:
> This patch adds a driver for the hardware time stamping unit found on the
> IXP465. The basic clock operations and an external trigger are implemented.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@...cron.at>
> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>

My ack is still fine, but found a few more nits to consider on another
pass... 


> +static int match(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 uid_hi, u32 uid_lo, u16 seq)
[snip]
> +static void do_rx_timestamp(struct port *port, struct sk_buff *skb)
[snip]
> +static u64 sys_time_read(struct ixp46x_ts_regs *regs)
[snip]
> +static void sys_time_write(struct ixp46x_ts_regs *regs, u64 ns)

I know these are static, but these function names are sort of generic
names, and make grep/cscoping for similar sounding functions a little
noisy. 

Maybe add a ipx_ prefix just to be more obvious?

thanks
-john


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