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Message-ID: <20240305100426.5ed724f3@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 10:04:26 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Köry Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>, Broadcom internal
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v9 12/13] net: ethtool: tsinfo: Add support for
 hwtstamp provider and get/set hwtstamp config

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 17:52:53 +0100 Köry Maincent wrote:
> > > +		/* Does the hwtstamp supported in the netdev topology */
> > > +		if (mod) {
> > > +			hwtstamp.ptp = ptp_clock_get_by_index(phc_index);    
> > 
> > This just returns a pointer without any refcounting, right?
> > What guarantees the ptp object doesn't disappear?  
> 
> Could the ptp object disappears within rtnlock?

I believe so, yes.

> Maybe I should add refcounting.

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