Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 2/2] ptp: add FemtoClock3 Wireless as ptp hardware clock

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 21:27:04 +0000

On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 10:23:13AM -0500, Min Li wrote:
> From: Min Li <[email-masked]>
> 
> The RENESAS FemtoClock3 Wireless is a high-performance jitter attenuator,
> frequency translator, and clock synthesizer. The device is comprised of 3
> digital PLLs (DPLL) to track CLKIN inputs and three independent low phase
> noise fractional output dividers (FOD) that output low phase noise clocks.
> 
> FemtoClock3 supports one Time Synchronization (Time Sync) channel to enable
> an external processor to control the phase and frequency of the Time Sync
> channel and to take phase measurements using the TDC. Intended applications
> are synchronization using the precision time protocol (PTP) and
> synchronization with 0.5 Hz and 1 Hz signals from GNSS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Min Li <[email-masked]>

Hi Min Li,

some minor suggestions from my side.

...

> +static int idtfc3_gettime(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp, struct timespec64 *ts)
> +{
> +	struct idtfc3 *idtfc3 = container_of(ptp, struct idtfc3, caps);
> +	int err;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(idtfc3->lock);
> +	err = _idtfc3_gettime(idtfc3, ts);
> +	mutex_unlock(idtfc3->lock);
> +
> +	if (err)
> +		dev_err(idtfc3->dev, "Failed at line %d in %s!",
> +			__LINE__, __func__);

IMHO messages like the one above offer no value to users.
I would remove it and similar messages.

> +
> +	return err;
> +}
> +
> +static int _idtfc3_settime(struct idtfc3 *idtfc3, const struct timespec64 *ts)
> +{
> +	s64 offset_ns, now_ns, sync_ns;
> +	u32 counter, sub_ns;
> +	int now;
> +
> +	if (timespec64_valid(ts) == false) {
> +		dev_err(idtfc3->dev, "%s: invalid timespec", __func__);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	now = idtfc3_read_subcounter(idtfc3);
> +	if (now < 0)
> +		return now;
> +
> +	offset_ns = (idtfc3->sub_sync_count - now) * idtfc3->ns_per_counter;
> +	now_ns = timespec64_to_ns(ts);
> +	sync_ns = ns2counters(idtfc3, offset_ns + now_ns, &sub_ns);

nit: sync_ns is set but unused in this function.
     I think you can remove sync_ns from this function and simply do:

	ns2counters(idtfc3, offset_ns + now_ns, &sub_ns);

> +
> +	counter = sub_ns / idtfc3->ns_per_counter;
> +	return idtfc3_timecounter_update(idtfc3, counter, now_ns);
> +}

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