Thread (9 messages) 9 messages, 2 authors, 2024-11-21

Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 3/3] net: ena: Add PHC documentation

From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-11-17 01:53:38

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:59:30AM +0200, David Arinzon wrote:
+**phc_skp**         Number of skipped get time attempts (during block period).
+**phc_err**         Number of failed get time attempts (entering into block state).
Just curious...  I understand that the HW can't support a very high
rate of gettime calls and that the driver will throttle them.

But why did you feel the need to document the throttling behavior in
such a overt way?  Are there user space programs out there calling
gettime excessively?

Thanks,
Richard
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