linux-kernel - Re: [PTP] Implement clock_getres() function correctly

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Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:31:53 +0100
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PTP] Implement clock_getres() function correctly

On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 06:07:43PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Dec 2011, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> > clock_getres() needs to put the resolution into the provided timespec
> > and return 0 in case of success.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> 
> Gah, wrong version.

Thanks for spotting that weird left over (from the old posix-timer.c
code).

Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>

BTW, my email address has changed. Did you see my patch for
MAINTAINERS a few weeks back? It would help when finding the current
email address.

Thanks,
Richard

 
> diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
> index cf3f999..6b0c02a 100644
> --- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
> +++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
> @@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ static s32 scaled_ppm_to_ppb(long ppm)
>  
>  static int ptp_clock_getres(struct posix_clock *pc, struct timespec *tp)
>  {
> -	return 1; /* always round timer functions to one nanosecond */
> +	/* Resolution is one nanosecond */
> +	tp->tv_sec = 0;
> +	tp->tv_nsec = 1;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int ptp_clock_settime(struct posix_clock *pc, const struct timespec *tp)
> 
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