[PATCH] hwrng: bcm2835: Handle deferred clock properly

Stefan Wahren stefan.wahren at i2se.com
Mon Feb 12 12:11:36 PST 2018


In case the probe of the clock is deferred, we would assume it is
optional. This is wrong, so defer the probe of this driver until
the clock is available.

Fixes: 791af4f4907a ("hwrng: bcm2835 - Manage an optional clock")
Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren at i2se.com>
---
 drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
index 7a84cec..6767d96 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/bcm2835-rng.c
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ static int bcm2835_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* Clock is optional on most platforms */
 	priv->clk = devm_clk_get(dev, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(priv->clk) && PTR_ERR(priv->clk) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
 	priv->rng.name = pdev->name;
 	priv->rng.init = bcm2835_rng_init;
-- 
2.7.4




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