Re: [PATCH] ptp_clock: future-proofing drivers against PTP subsystem becoming optional

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] ptp_clock: future-proofing drivers against PTP subsystem becoming optional
Date	2016-09-22 08:30 +0200
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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.

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[PATCH] ptp_clock: future-proofing drivers against PTP subsystem  becoming optional Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2016-09-21 01:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ptp_clock: future-proofing drivers against PTP subsystem  becoming optional Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> - 2016-09-21 10:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ptp_clock: future-proofing drivers against PTP subsystem  becoming optional Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2016-09-21 17:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ptp_clock: future-proofing drivers against PTP  subsystem becoming optional David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-09-22 08:30 +0200

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