[PATCH v6 3/4] phy: ti-pipe3: Fix EPROBE_DEFER handling for clock resources
Hongling Zeng
zhongling0719 at 126.com
Wed Sep 9 04:45:36 PDT 2026
在 2026年09月09日 15:52, Manivannan Sadhasivam 写道:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 11:02:13AM +0800, Hongling Zeng wrote:
>> ti_pipe3_get_clk() has two issues with -EPROBE_DEFER error handling:
>>
>> 1. When devm_clk_get() for sysclk fails, the function returns -EINVAL
>> instead of propagating the actual error code. This masks -EPROBE_DEFER
>> to -EINVAL, breaking the probe deferral mechanism and causing permanent
>> driver initialization failure on systems with non-deterministic probe
>> ordering.
>>
>> 2. For SATA PHY refclk, the function ignores all errors to support older
>> DTBs missing the refclk property. However, this incorrectly ignores
>> -EPROBE_DEFER as well, causing the driver to proceed without waiting
>> for the clock provider to become available.
>>
>> Fix both issues:
>> - Return PTR_ERR(phy->sys_clk) instead of -EINVAL to propagate all
>> error codes including -EPROBE_DEFER
>> - Use devm_clk_get_optional() for SATA refclk to handle optional
>> clocks while propagating -EPROBE_DEFER and other errors
>>
>> Fixes: a70143bbef6b ("drivers: phy: usb3/pipe3: Adapt pipe3 driver to Generic PHY Framework")
>> Fixes: 7f33912d2978 ("phy: ti-pipe3: Fix SATA across suspend/resume")
>> Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling at kylinos.cn>
>>
>> ---
>> Change in v4:
>> -Merge refclk leak fix and EPROBE_DEFER fix into a single patch
>> -Use devm_clk_get_optional() for SATA refclk
>> -Drop manual -ENOENT handling
>> -Ensure error paths are fully symmetric
>> ---
>> Change in v5:
>> -Add Fix ignored clock enable return value in init patch
>> ---
>> Change in v6:
>> -Fix all clock leak paths comprehensively:
>> -PCIe syscon update failure path
>> -SATA DPLL lock check path (also fix incorrect return logic)
>> -SATA errata path in ti_pipe3_exit()
>> ---
>> drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
>> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
>> index 2d36fe4c4218..9ec228c2a940 100644
>> --- a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
>> +++ b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
>> @@ -608,14 +608,20 @@ static int ti_pipe3_get_clk(struct ti_pipe3 *phy)
>> struct clk *clk;
>> struct device *dev = phy->dev;
>>
>> - phy->refclk = devm_clk_get(dev, "refclk");
>> + /*
>> + * refclk is optional for SATA PHY to support older DTBs, but
>> + * required for other modes. Use devm_clk_get_optional() for SATA
>> + * which returns NULL for -ENOENT, allowing us to propagate all
>> + * other errors including -EPROBE_DEFER.
>> + */
>> + if (phy->mode == PIPE3_MODE_SATA)
>> + phy->refclk = devm_clk_get_optional(dev, "refclk");
>> + else
>> + phy->refclk = devm_clk_get(dev, "refclk");
>> +
>> if (IS_ERR(phy->refclk)) {
>> dev_err(dev, "unable to get refclk\n");
>> - /* older DTBs have missing refclk in SATA PHY
>> - * so don't bail out in case of SATA PHY.
>> - */
>> - if (phy->mode != PIPE3_MODE_SATA)
>> - return PTR_ERR(phy->refclk);
>> + return PTR_ERR(phy->refclk);
> As Sashiko noted, you need to switch to dev_err_probe() here and below to avoid
> printing error during probe deferral.
>
> - Mani
>
Hi Mani,
Thanks for your review and for pointing out the issues.
I have addressed the reported problems in v7, including restoring the
original `return ret` in the SATA PLL-locked path and cleaning up the
clock error paths. The updated v7 patch series has been sent.
I would appreciate it if you could review the new version when you have
time.
Thanks,
Hongling
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