Re: [PATCH net-next 02/12] ptp: netc: add NETC Timer PTP driver support

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 11/07/2025 08:57, Wei Fang wrote:
> +
> +static void netc_timer_get_source_clk(struct netc_timer *priv)
> +{
> +	struct device *dev = &priv->pdev->dev;
> +	struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
> +	const char *clk_name = NULL;
> +	u64 ns = NSEC_PER_SEC;
> +
> +	if (!np)
> +		goto select_system_clk;
> +
> +	of_property_read_string(np, "clock-names", &clk_name);
> +	if (clk_name) {
> +		priv->src_clk = devm_clk_get_optional(dev, clk_name);
> +		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->src_clk)) {
> +			dev_warn(dev, "Failed to get source clock\n");

No, look how deferred probe is handled.

This is really poor style of coding clk_get.


> +			priv->src_clk = NULL;
> +			goto select_system_clk;
> +		}
> +
> +		priv->clk_freq = clk_get_rate(priv->src_clk);
> +		if (!strcmp(clk_name, "system")) {
> +			/* There is a 1/2 divider */
> +			priv->clk_freq /= 2;
> +			priv->clk_select = NETC_TMR_SYSTEM_CLK;
> +		} else if (!strcmp(clk_name, "ccm_timer")) {
> +			priv->clk_select = NETC_TMR_CCM_TIMER1;
> +		} else if (!strcmp(clk_name, "ext_1588")) {
> +			priv->clk_select = NETC_TMR_EXT_OSC;
> +		} else {
> +			dev_warn(dev, "Unknown clock source\n");
> +			priv->src_clk = NULL;
> +			goto select_system_clk;
> +		}
> +
> +		goto cal_clk_period;


Why are you duplicating nxp,pps-channel logic?


Best regards,
Krzysztof