Richard Cochran <[email protected]> writes:
> On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 03:12:42PM +0300, Ido Schimmel wrote:
>> +struct mlxsw_sp_ptp_clock *
>> +mlxsw_sp1_ptp_clock_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, struct device *dev)
[...]
>> + clock->ptp_info = mlxsw_sp1_ptp_clock_info;
>> + clock->ptp = ptp_clock_register(&clock->ptp_info, dev);
>> + if (IS_ERR(clock->ptp)) {
>> + err = PTR_ERR(clock->ptp);
>> + dev_err(dev, "ptp_clock_register failed %d\n", err);
>> + goto err_ptp_clock_register;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return clock;
>
> You need to handle the case where ptp_clock_register() returns NULL...
>
> /**
> * ptp_clock_register() - register a PTP hardware clock driver
> *
> * @info: Structure describing the new clock.
> * @parent: Pointer to the parent device of the new clock.
> *
> * 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.
> */
We don't build the PTP module at all unless CONFIG_PTP_1588_CLOCK is
enabled, and fall back to inline stubs unless it IS_REACHABLE. I believe
this should be OK.
