linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/8] ptp/kvm, arm_arch_timer: Set system_counterval_t.cs

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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 15:04:43 +0100
From: Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@...nsynergy.com>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 "D, Lakshmi Sowjanya" <lakshmi.sowjanya.d@...el.com>,
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 netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/8] ptp/kvm, arm_arch_timer: Set
 system_counterval_t.cs_id to constant

On 01.02.24 14:52, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:04:50 +0000,
> Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@...nsynergy.com> wrote:
>>
>> Identify the clocksources used by ptp_kvm by setting clocksource ID enum
>> constants. This avoids dereferencing struct clocksource. Once the
>> system_counterval_t.cs member will be removed, this will also avoid the
>> need to obtain clocksource pointers from kvm_arch_ptp_get_crosststamp().
>>
>> The clocksource IDs are associated to timestamps requested from the KVM
>> hypervisor, so the proper clocksource ID is known at the ptp_kvm request
>> site.
>>
>> While at it, also rectify the ptp_kvm_get_time_fn() ret type.
> 
> Not sure what is wrong with that return type, but this patch doesn't
> seem to affect it.
> 

I meant to refer to the type of the variable ret declared in
ptp_kvm_get_time_fn(). I will reword the commit message to make this clear.

Thanks for the comment,

Peter