timekeeping: Add clocksource ID to struct system_counterval_t
Clocksource pointers can be problematic to obtain for drivers which are not clocksource drivers themselves. In particular, the RFC virtio_rtc driver [1] would require a new helper function to obtain a pointer to the ARM Generic Timer clocksource. The ptp_kvm driver also required a similar workaround. Add a clocksource ID member to struct system_counterval_t, which in the future shall identify the clocksource, and which shall replace the struct clocksource * member. By this, get_device_system_crosststamp() callers (such as virtio_rtc and ptp_kvm) will be able to supply easily accessible clocksource ids instead of clocksource pointers. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231218073849.35294-1-peter.hilber@opensynergy.com/ Signed-off-by: Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@opensynergy.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240201010453.2212371-3-peter.hilber@opensynergy.com
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