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Message-ID: <ZZjdUlaYyHZSiwSM@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 20:55:46 -0800
From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To: Mahesh Bandewar (महेश बंडेवार) <maheshb@...gle.com>
Cc: Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Linux <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
	Don Hatchett <hatch@...gle.com>, Yuliang Li <yuliangli@...gle.com>,
	Mahesh Bandewar <mahesh@...dewar.net>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 net-next 2/3] ptp: add ioctl interface for
 ptp_gettimex64any()

On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 09:51:40AM -0800, Mahesh Bandewar (महेश बंडेवार) wrote:

> POSIX clocks are employed in this series for syscall width
> measurement, potentially leading to misunderstandings about
> overlapping functionality. However, their roles are distinct and serve
> different purposes.

I don't see any difference in purposes.  The multi_clock_gettime call
is a more general solution.  Thus it will obviate the need for any new
PTP ioctls.

Thanks,
Richard

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