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From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: Jianyong Wu <Jianyong.Wu@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v12 10/11] arm64: add mechanism to let user choose which counter to return
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 23:16:22 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200525061622.GA13679@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <HE1PR0802MB25552E7C792D3BB9CBE2D2C7F4B30@HE1PR0802MB2555.eurprd08.prod.outlook.com>

On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 04:50:28AM +0000, Jianyong Wu wrote:
> How about adding an extra argument in struct ptp_clock_info to serve as a flag, then we can control this flag using IOCTL to determine the counter type.

no, No, NO!

> > From your description, this "flag" really should be a module parameter.
> Maybe use flag as a module parameter is a better way.

Yes.

Thanks,
Richard

  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-25  6:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-22  8:37 [RFC PATCH v12 0/11] Enable ptp_kvm for arm64 Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 01/11] arm64: Probe for the presence of KVM hypervisor services during boot Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 02/11] arm/arm64: KVM: Advertise KVM UID to guests via SMCCC Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 03/11] psci: export smccc conduit get helper Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22 13:12   ` Sudeep Holla
2020-05-25  1:37     ` Jianyong Wu
2020-05-26 10:10       ` Sudeep Holla
2020-05-27  1:18         ` Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 04/11] ptp: Reorganize ptp_kvm modules to make it arch-independent Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 05/11] time: Add mechanism to recognize clocksource in time_get_snapshot Jianyong Wu
2020-05-28 16:36   ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-29  1:05     ` Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 06/11] clocksource: Add clocksource id for arm arch counter Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 07/11] psci: Add hypercall service for kvm ptp Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22 14:18   ` Steven Price
2020-05-25  2:11     ` Jianyong Wu
2020-05-26 11:02       ` Steven Price
2020-05-27  6:06         ` Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 08/11] ptp: arm64: Enable ptp_kvm for arm/arm64 Jianyong Wu
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 09/11] ptp: extend input argument for getcrosstimestamp API Jianyong Wu
2020-05-24  1:42   ` Richard Cochran
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 10/11] arm64: add mechanism to let user choose which counter to return Jianyong Wu
2020-05-24  1:47   ` Richard Cochran
2020-05-24  2:11   ` Richard Cochran
2020-05-25  4:50     ` Jianyong Wu
2020-05-25  6:16       ` Richard Cochran [this message]
2020-05-25  6:29         ` Jianyong Wu
2020-05-25  9:17     ` Marc Zyngier
2020-05-25 14:18       ` Jianyong Wu
2020-05-25 15:28         ` Marc Zyngier
2020-05-22  8:37 ` [RFC PATCH v12 11/11] arm64: Add kvm capability check extension for ptp_kvm Jianyong Wu

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