[PATCH] clk: clk_set_parent: skip any operation if current and new parents are equal

[Ahmad Fatoum]

Hi,

On 10/3/25 12:37 PM, Michael Grzeschik wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik at pengutronix.de>

While I agree this makes sense, I appreciate some background. Did you
run into problems? Or is it just something you noticed while reading the
code? A prime location for that background would be the empty commit
message ;)

Cheers,
Ahmad

> ---
>  drivers/clk/clk.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> index 89a007a12c5..ac5b83cf8b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> @@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ int clk_set_parent(struct clk *clk, struct clk *newparent)
>  	if (IS_ERR(newparent))
>  		return PTR_ERR(newparent);
>  
> +	if (newparent == curparent)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	if (!clk->num_parents)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	if (!clk->ops->set_parent)

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