Re: [PATCH 2/3] ptp: Add clock name to uevent

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:54:13PM +0200, Sven Schnelle wrote:
> To allow users to have stable device names with the help of udev,
> add the name to the udev event that is sent when a new PtP clock
> is available. The key is called 'PTP_CLOCK_NAME'.

Where are you documenting this new user/kernel api you are adding?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
> index c56cd0f63909..15937acb79c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
> +++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c
> @@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
>  #define PTP_PPS_EVENT PPS_CAPTUREASSERT
>  #define PTP_PPS_MODE (PTP_PPS_DEFAULTS | PPS_CANWAIT | PPS_TSFMT_TSPEC)
>  
> +static int ptp_udev_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
>  const struct class ptp_class = {
>  	.name = "ptp",
> -	.dev_groups = ptp_groups
> +	.dev_groups = ptp_groups,
> +	.dev_uevent = ptp_udev_uevent
>  };
>  
>  /* private globals */
> @@ -514,6 +516,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ptp_cancel_worker_sync);
>  
>  /* module operations */
>  
> +static int ptp_udev_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
> +{
> +	struct ptp_clock *ptp = container_of(dev, struct ptp_clock, dev);
> +
> +	return add_uevent_var(env, "PTP_CLOCK_NAME=%s", ptp->info->name);

Why is this needed?  Can't you get the name from the sysfs paths, the
symlink should be there already.

thanks,

greg k-h