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ptp: document behavior of PTP_STRICT_FLAGS
authorJacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:33:18 +0000 (17:33 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:36:30 +0000 (11:36 -0700)
commitcd875625b475dc4e28ac302ccb3422cc9f678f89
treea28142a577e08b4cf3697bc453bf6ffb40bb72d1
parent3200fdd4021de1d182fa3b6db5ad936d519f3848
ptp: document behavior of PTP_STRICT_FLAGS

Commit 6138e687c7b6 ("ptp: Introduce strict checking of external time stamp
options.") added the PTP_STRICT_FLAGS to the set of flags supported for the
external timestamp request ioctl.

It is only supported by PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST2, as it was introduced the
introduction of the new ioctls. Further, the kernel has always set this
flag for PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST2 regardless of whether or not the user requested
the behavior.

This effectively means that the flag is not useful for userspace. If the
user issues a PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST ioctl, the flag is ignored due to not being
supported on the old ioctl. If the user issues a PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST2 ioctl,
the flag will be set by the kernel regardless of whether the user set the
flag in their structure.

Add a comment documenting this behavior in the uAPI header file.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
Tested-by: James Clark <jjc@jclark.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-jk-fix-bcm-phy-supported-flags-v1-3-747b60407c9c@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
include/uapi/linux/ptp_clock.h