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Date:   Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:47:40 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Jianyong Wu <jianyong.wu@....com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <yangbo.lu@....com>,
        <john.stultz@...aro.org>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        <pbonzini@...hat.com>, <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        <richardcochran@...il.com>, <mark.rutland@....com>,
        <will@...nel.org>, <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <steve.capper@....com>, <kaly.xin@....com>, <justin.he@....com>,
        <nd@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 3/8] ptp: Reorganize ptp_kvm modules to make it arch-independent.

On 2019-11-25 10:45, Jianyong Wu wrote:
> Currently, ptp_kvm modules implementation is only for x86 which 
> includs
> large part of arch-specific code.  This patch move all of those code
> into new arch related file in the same directory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jianyong Wu <jianyong.wu@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/ptp/Makefile                        |  1 +
>  drivers/ptp/{ptp_kvm.c => ptp_kvm_common.c} | 77 +++++-------------
>  drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm_x86.c                   | 87 
> +++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/asm-generic/ptp_kvm.h               | 12 +++
>  4 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
>  rename drivers/ptp/{ptp_kvm.c => ptp_kvm_common.c} (63%)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm_x86.c
>  create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/ptp_kvm.h

[...]

> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/ptp_kvm.h 
> b/include/asm-generic/ptp_kvm.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e5dd386f6664
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/ptp_kvm.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/*
> + *  Virtual PTP 1588 clock for use with KVM guests
> + *
> + *  Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Ltd.

I think you should live the original copyright assignment here.
This really isn't anything new.

> + *  All Rights Reserved
> + */
> +
> +int kvm_arch_ptp_init(void);
> +int kvm_arch_ptp_get_clock(struct timespec64 *ts);
> +int kvm_arch_ptp_get_crosststamp(unsigned long *cycle,
> +		struct timespec64 *tspec, void *cs);

Why is this include file in asm-generic? This isn't a kernel-wide API.

I think it should be sitting in drivers/ptp, as it is only shared 
between
the generic and arch-specific stuff.

Thanks,

         M.
-- 
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