Re: [PATCH net-next v4 6/8] net: phy: mscc: timestamping and PHC support

[Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@bootlin.com>]

Hello Richard,

Quoting Richard Cochran (2020-06-25 15:22:26)
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 04:30:12PM +0200, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> > @@ -978,9 +1483,32 @@ static int __vsc8584_init_ptp(struct phy_device *phydev)
> >  
> >       vsc85xx_ts_eth_cmp1_sig(phydev);
> >  
> > +     vsc8531->mii_ts.rxtstamp = vsc85xx_rxtstamp;
> > +     vsc8531->mii_ts.txtstamp = vsc85xx_txtstamp;
> > +     vsc8531->mii_ts.hwtstamp = vsc85xx_hwtstamp;
> > +     vsc8531->mii_ts.ts_info  = vsc85xx_ts_info;
> > +     phydev->mii_ts = &vsc8531->mii_ts;
> > +
> > +     memcpy(&vsc8531->ptp->caps, &vsc85xx_clk_caps, sizeof(vsc85xx_clk_caps));
> > +
> > +     vsc8531->ptp->ptp_clock = ptp_clock_register(&vsc8531->ptp->caps,
> > +                                                  &phydev->mdio.dev);
> > +     if (IS_ERR(vsc8531->ptp->ptp_clock))
> > +             return PTR_ERR(vsc8531->ptp->ptp_clock);
> 
> The ptp_clock_register() method can also return NULL:
> 
>  * Returns a valid pointer on success or PTR_ERR on failure.  If PHC
>  * support is missing at the configuration level, this function
>  * returns NULL, and drivers are expected to gracefully handle that
>  * case separately.

If ptp_clock_register returns NULL because PHC support is missing, the
clock won't be exported. Beside that, I don't think we can do much in
the error path, so this should be safe.

Thanks,
Antoine

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Antoine Ténart, Bootlin
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