From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: nicolas.pitre@linaro.org
Cc: richardcochran@gmail.com, john.stultz@linaro.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, josh@joshtriplett.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptp_clock: future-proofing drivers against PTP subsystem becoming optional
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 02:18:56 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160922.021856.219321683253472628.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.20.1609201915070.9311@knanqh.ubzr>
From: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:25:58 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Drivers must be ready to accept NULL from ptp_clock_register() if the
> PTP clock subsystem is configured out.
>
> This patch documents that and ensures that all drivers cope well
> with a NULL return.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@mellanox.com>
>
> ---
>
> Let's have the basics merged now and work out the actual Kconfig issue
> separately. Richard, if you agree with this patch, I think this could go
> via the netdev tree.
Applied to net-next, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-22 6:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-20 23:25 [PATCH] ptp_clock: future-proofing drivers against PTP subsystem becoming optional Nicolas Pitre
2016-09-21 8:45 ` Richard Cochran
2016-09-21 15:10 ` Edward Cree
2016-09-22 6:18 ` David Miller [this message]
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