Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Jun 2021 08:53:30 -0700 | From | Richard Cochran <> | Subject | Re: [RESEND net-next 1/2] net: hns3: add support for PTP |
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On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 06:37:19PM +0800, huangguangbin (A) wrote: > > Need mutex or spinlock to protest against concurrent access. > > > Ok, thank you. Is it better to add mutex or spinlock in the public place, like ptp_clock_adjtime()? > Then there's no need to add mutex or spinlock in all the drives.
No, that is a terrible idea. The class layer has no idea about the hardware implementation. Only the driver knows that.
Thanks, Richard
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