On 2026-07-14 17:47:35-07:00, Jacob Keller wrote:
> On 7/13/2026 7:03 PM, Arthur Kiyanovski wrote:
> 
> > Implement the gettimexattrs64 callback in the ENA driver to support
> > the PTP_SYS_OFFSET_EXTENDED_ATTRS ioctl.
> > 
> > This enables applications to retrieve PHC timestamps with quality
> > attributes through the standard PTP ioctl interface.
> > 
> > The ENA device currently reports only error_bound (valid bit set).
> > Other attributes are not reported (valid bits unset).
> 
> Typically it would be a policy not to introduce new attributes which are
> not yet used, and add the other attributes once a user appears. However,
> I think it makes sense to have the full set of desired attributes
> especially given the ioctl interface limitations which would otherwise
> require a lot of reserved space or new ioctl numbers. Especially given
> the uAPI here has been discussed and changed heavily from previous patch
> iterations.

Thanks — that matches the reasoning. We defined the full
attribute set up front because of the ioctl interface
constraints you describe. The valid bitmask ensures that
userspace only consumes attributes that a driver explicitly
reports, while still allowing additional attributes to
become available in future drivers without further UAPI
changes.


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