Re: [RFC v5 1/6] Timekeeping cross timestamp interface for device drivers

From	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFC v5 1/6] Timekeeping cross timestamp interface for device drivers
Date	2016-01-08 10:20 +0100
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On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 05:05:24PM -0800, John Stultz wrote:
> Yea. I just feel like lots of structures add extra abstraction that
> makes the code harder to learn or re-learn. Not only is one trying to
> remember the base types that are being passed around, but you also
> have to remember what all the meta-structures are for. Especially for
> these two-value structures.

FWIW, I had exactly this trouble when reading this series.

Thanks,
Richard

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[RFC v5 0/6] Patchset enabling hardware based cross-timestamps for next gen Intel platforms "Christopher S. Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-04 21:00 +0100
  [RFC v5 4/6] Remove duplicate code from ktime_get_raw_and_real code "Christopher S. Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-04 21:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC v5 4/6] Remove duplicate code from ktime_get_raw_and_real code John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-01-06 20:50 +0100
  [RFC v5 3/6] Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting slower devices "Christopher S. Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-04 21:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC v5 3/6] Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting  slower devices John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-01-06 20:40 +0100
      Re: [RFC v5 3/6] Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting  slower devices "Christopher Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-08 02:10 +0100
        Re: [RFC v5 3/6] Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting  slower devices John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-01-08 02:20 +0100
        Re: [RFC v5 3/6] Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting  slower devices Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-01-08 15:10 +0100
          Re: [RFC v5 3/6] Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting  slower devices "Christopher Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-08 23:30 +0100
  [RFC v5 6/6] Adds hardware supported cross timestamp "Christopher S. Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-04 21:00 +0100
  [RFC v5 2/6] Always Running Timer (ART) correlated clocksource "Christopher S. Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-04 21:00 +0100
  [RFC v5 1/6] Timekeeping cross timestamp interface for device drivers "Christopher S. Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-04 21:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC v5 1/6] Timekeeping cross timestamp interface for device drivers John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-01-06 20:00 +0100
      Re: [RFC v5 1/6] Timekeeping cross timestamp interface for device  drivers "Christopher Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-08 01:50 +0100
        Re: [RFC v5 1/6] Timekeeping cross timestamp interface for device drivers John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-01-08 02:10 +0100
          Re: [RFC v5 1/6] Timekeeping cross timestamp interface for device  drivers Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 10:20 +0100
  [RFC v5 5/6] Add PTP_SYS_OFFSET_PRECISE for driver crosstimestamping "Christopher S. Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-04 21:00 +0100
    Re: [RFC v5 5/6] Add PTP_SYS_OFFSET_PRECISE for driver  crosstimestamping Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 16:30 +0100
      Re: [RFC v5 5/6] Add PTP_SYS_OFFSET_PRECISE for driver  crosstimestamping "Christopher Hall" <christopher.s.hall@intel.com> - 2016-01-07 02:50 +0100

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