Re: [PATCH 4/7] net: dsa: b53: Add PHC clock support

From: Richard Cochran
Date: Thu Nov 04 2021 - 13:49:50 EST


On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 10:28:43AM -0700, Richard Cochran wrote:
> Instead of generic work, consider implementing
> ptp_clock_info::do_aux_work instead.
>
> The advantage is that you get a named kernel thread that can be given
> scheduling priority administratively.

I see you are using do_aux_work in Patch 6. You could use the kthread
for both overflow avoidance and transmit time stamps.

> Thanks,
> Richard