[PATCH v1] hwrng: imx-rngc: Disable clock on registration failure
Martin Kaiser
martin at kaiser.cx
Fri Aug 7 00:25:32 PDT 2026
Thus wrote Yuho Choi (dbgh9129 at gmail.com):
> The RNGC clock is enabled manually before runtime PM is configured. If
> devm_hwrng_register() fails, probe returns without disabling the clock.
> The devm_pm_runtime_enable() cleanup only disables runtime PM and does not
> call imx_rngc_suspend().
> Disable the clock before returning from this failure path.
> Fixes: 7a96a64e8689 ("hwrng: imx-rngc - add runtime pm")
> Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129 at gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c
> index 28c56c2d1bf6..a2db26d7f790 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c
> @@ -313,8 +313,10 @@ static int __init imx_rngc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> devm_pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
> ret = devm_hwrng_register(&pdev->dev, &rngc->rng);
> - if (ret)
> + if (ret) {
> + clk_disable_unprepare(rngc->clk);
> return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "hwrng registration failed\n");
> + }
> dev_info(&pdev->dev,
> "Freescale RNG%c registered (HW revision %d.%02d)\n",
> --
> 2.43.0
Good catch, thanks.
Reviewed-by: Martin Kaiser <martin at kaiser.cx>
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