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Date:   Wed, 5 Jan 2022 17:44:22 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] testptp: set pin function before other requests

On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 04:25:06PM +0100, Miroslav Lichvar wrote:
> When the -L option of the testptp utility is specified with other
> options (e.g. -p to enable PPS output), the user probably wants to
> apply it to the pin configured by the -L option.
> 
> Reorder the code to set the pin function before other function requests
> to avoid confusing users.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com>
> Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
> Cc: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
> ---

This makes sense. Looking back at my logs, I was setting the pin
function via sysfs, but if the code was structured differently I could
have done it in a single command using testptp. Not sure why I didn't
think of that.

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>

>  tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c
> index f7911aaeb007..c0f6a062364d 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ptp/testptp.c
> @@ -354,6 +354,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	if (pin_index >= 0) {
> +		memset(&desc, 0, sizeof(desc));
> +		desc.index = pin_index;
> +		desc.func = pin_func;
> +		desc.chan = index;
> +		if (ioctl(fd, PTP_PIN_SETFUNC, &desc)) {
> +			perror("PTP_PIN_SETFUNC");
> +		} else {
> +			puts("set pin function okay");
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>  	if (extts) {
>  		memset(&extts_request, 0, sizeof(extts_request));
>  		extts_request.index = index;
> @@ -444,18 +456,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	if (pin_index >= 0) {
> -		memset(&desc, 0, sizeof(desc));
> -		desc.index = pin_index;
> -		desc.func = pin_func;
> -		desc.chan = index;
> -		if (ioctl(fd, PTP_PIN_SETFUNC, &desc)) {
> -			perror("PTP_PIN_SETFUNC");
> -		} else {
> -			puts("set pin function okay");
> -		}
> -	}
> -
>  	if (pps != -1) {
>  		int enable = pps ? 1 : 0;
>  		if (ioctl(fd, PTP_ENABLE_PPS, enable)) {
> -- 
> 2.33.1
>