[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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