[PATCH] phy: fsl-imx8mq-usb: fix vbus regulator leak on error paths

Xu Yang xu.yang_2 at oss.nxp.com
Tue Jun 2 22:39:50 PDT 2026


Hi Felix,

On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 09:14:33PM +0800, Felix Gu wrote:
> In imx8mq_phy_power_on(), if clk_prepare_enable() fails after
> regulator_enable() has succeeded, the vbus regulator is left
> enabled. The same issue exists for the alt_clk error path.
> 
> Fix both by converting to the standard goto-based cleanup
> pattern, ensuring the regulator is disabled when any
> subsequent step fails.

I am fixing the bugs which are reported by sashiko-bot based on my previous
patch these days. And I already build a patchset to add runtime PM support
which will move all clock callbakcs to runtime operations. Therefore, this
patch is not needed anymore once runtime PM is ready.

Please refer to:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-phy/20260603-imx8mp-usb-phy-improvement-v3-0-7afb8f89abc6@nxp.com/T/#t

Thanks,
Xu Yang

> 
> Fixes: 3b64ea4768e7 ("phy: fsl-imx8mq-usb: support alternate reference clock")
> Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c b/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
> index b05d80e849a1..e45e4f16057e 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
> @@ -627,13 +627,11 @@ static int imx8mq_phy_power_on(struct phy *phy)
>  
>  	ret = clk_prepare_enable(imx_phy->clk);
>  	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> +		goto disable_vbus;
>  
>  	ret = clk_prepare_enable(imx_phy->alt_clk);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		clk_disable_unprepare(imx_phy->clk);
> -		return ret;
> -	}
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto disable_clk;
>  
>  	/* Disable rx term override */
>  	value = readl(imx_phy->base + PHY_CTRL6);
> @@ -641,6 +639,13 @@ static int imx8mq_phy_power_on(struct phy *phy)
>  	writel(value, imx_phy->base + PHY_CTRL6);
>  
>  	return 0;
> +
> +disable_clk:
> +	clk_disable_unprepare(imx_phy->clk);
> +disable_vbus:
> +	regulator_disable(imx_phy->vbus);
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static int imx8mq_phy_power_off(struct phy *phy)
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 08484c504b55a98bd100527fbe10a3caf55ff3ff
> change-id: 20260602-imx9mq-30169239b590
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Felix Gu <ustc.gu at gmail.com>
> 



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