Re: [PATCH iwlwifi-fixes] wifi: iwlwifi: Implement settime64 as stub for MVM/MLD PTP
From: Simon Horman
Date: Sat Dec 06 2025 - 10:01:48 EST
On Thu, Dec 04, 2025 at 12:32:04PM +0000, Yao Zi wrote:
> Since commit dfb073d32cac ("ptp: Return -EINVAL on ptp_clock_register if
> required ops are NULL"), PTP clock registered through ptp_clock_register
> is required to have ptp_clock_info.settime64 set, however, neither MVM
> nor MLD's PTP clock implementation sets it, resulting in warnings when
> the interface starts up, like
>
> WARNING: drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c:325 at ptp_clock_register+0x2c8/0x6b8, CPU#1: wpa_supplicant/469
> CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 469 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 6.18.0+ #101 PREEMPT(full)
> ra: ffff800002732cd4 iwl_mvm_ptp_init+0x114/0x188 [iwlmvm]
> ERA: 9000000002fdc468 ptp_clock_register+0x2c8/0x6b8
> iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Failed to register PHC clock (-22)
>
> I don't find an appropriate firmware interface to implement settime64()
> for iwlwifi MLD/MVM, thus instead create a stub that returns
> -EOPTNOTSUPP only, suppressing the warning and allowing the PTP clock to
> be registered.
>
> Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251108044822.GA3262936@ax162/
> Signed-off-by: Yao Zi <ziyao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>