[PATCH v3 5/8] ptp/kvm, arm_arch_timer: Set system_counterval_t.cs_id to constant

Peter Hilber peter.hilber at opensynergy.com
Thu Feb 1 06:04:43 PST 2024


On 01.02.24 14:52, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:04:50 +0000,
> Peter Hilber <peter.hilber at opensynergy.com> wrote:
>>
>> Identify the clocksources used by ptp_kvm by setting clocksource ID enum
>> constants. This avoids dereferencing struct clocksource. Once the
>> system_counterval_t.cs member will be removed, this will also avoid the
>> need to obtain clocksource pointers from kvm_arch_ptp_get_crosststamp().
>>
>> The clocksource IDs are associated to timestamps requested from the KVM
>> hypervisor, so the proper clocksource ID is known at the ptp_kvm request
>> site.
>>
>> While at it, also rectify the ptp_kvm_get_time_fn() ret type.
> 
> Not sure what is wrong with that return type, but this patch doesn't
> seem to affect it.
> 

I meant to refer to the type of the variable ret declared in
ptp_kvm_get_time_fn(). I will reword the commit message to make this clear.

Thanks for the comment,

Peter



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