netdev - Re: [PATCH] pcp_clock: return EOPNOTSUPP if !CONFIG_PTP_1588

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Date:   Sat, 7 Nov 2020 06:56:46 -0800
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Wang Qing <wangqing@...o.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pcp_clock: return EOPNOTSUPP if !CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK

On Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 11:28:23AM +0800, Wang Qing wrote:
> pcp_clock_register() is checked with IS_ERR(), and will crash if !PTP,
> change return value to ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP) for the !CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK
>  and so question resolved.

NAK.

Drivers must use the documented interface.

Thanks,
Richard