[PATCH v2] phy: ti: pipe3: Fix clock resource leak on probe errors
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Thu May 14 05:02:03 PDT 2026
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] Unchecked clk_prepare_enable() return value leads to unbalanced clock disable.
- [Medium] Inverted resource teardown order in the error path.
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commit 34a06b14102bc841b336d48ee9651b777cd39eb7
Author: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling at kylinos.cn>
phy: ti: pipe3: Fix clock resource leak on probe errors
When devm_phy_create() or devm_of_phy_provider_register() fails,
this commit adds an error handling path to disable the refclk that
was enabled earlier, preventing a resource leak.
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
> --- a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
> @@ -837,15 +837,28 @@ static int ti_pipe3_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
[ ... ]
> +err_clk_disable:
> + pm_runtime_disable(dev);
> + if (phy->sata_refclk_enabled)
> + clk_disable_unprepare(phy->refclk);
> + return ret;
> }
Is the teardown order in this new error path correct?
During probe, pm_runtime_enable() is called before clk_prepare_enable().
Should clk_disable_unprepare() be called before pm_runtime_disable() to
follow reverse-initialization order, similar to the existing logic in
ti_pipe3_remove()?
Additionally, looking at the clock initialization earlier in
ti_pipe3_probe():
if (phy->mode == PIPE3_MODE_SATA) {
if (!IS_ERR(phy->refclk)) {
clk_prepare_enable(phy->refclk);
phy->sata_refclk_enabled = true;
}
}
The return value of clk_prepare_enable() is not checked, and
phy->sata_refclk_enabled is set to true regardless of whether the clock
was successfully enabled.
If clk_prepare_enable() fails, and a subsequent step like
devm_phy_create() also fails, the code will jump out to err_clk_disable
and call clk_disable_unprepare() because phy->sata_refclk_enabled is
true.
Does this introduce a regression by causing an unbalanced clock disable?
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260514023424.23815-1-zenghongling@kylinos.cn?part=1
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