[PATCH] clk: raspberrypi: Handle cpufreq device registration failure

Stefan Wahren wahrenst at gmx.net
Fri Sep 18 06:33:36 PDT 2026


Hi Triet,

nice catch.

Am 18.09.26 um 06:41 schrieb Triet Hoang:
> Check the return value of platform_device_register_data() when
> registering the raspberrypi-cpufreq device and propagate the error
> if registration fails.
>
> This prevents the clock driver from reporting a successful probe
> when the cpufreq device could not be registered.
>
> Signed-off-by: Triet Hoang <triet.hoang.dev at gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst at gmx.net>

Could you please add a Fixes tag?
Also it would be nice, if you can send a patch which also fixes 
drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c

Thanks
> ---
>   drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c b/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c
> index f1a99de6de4f..9882f243d681 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c
> @@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ static int raspberrypi_clk_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   
>   	rpi->cpufreq = platform_device_register_data(dev, "raspberrypi-cpufreq",
>   						     -1, NULL, 0);
> +	if (IS_ERR(rpi->cpufreq))
> +		return PTR_ERR(rpi->cpufreq);
>   
>   	return 0;
>   }




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