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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/9] clk: meson: axg-audio: Don't reference clk_init_data after registration
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On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 14:48, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org> wrote:

> Quoting Jerome Brunet (2019-08-06 01:49:47)
>> On Wed 31 Jul 2019 at 12:35, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> > A future patch is going to change semantics of clk_register() so that
>> > clk_hw::init is guaranteed to be NULL after a clk is registered. Avoid
>> > referencing this member here so that we don't run into NULL pointer
>> > exceptions.
>>
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> What to do you indend to do with this one ? Will you apply directly or
>> should we take it ?
>
> I said below:
>
> Please ack so I can take this through clk tree
>

Missed it, sorry.

>>
>> We have several changes for the controller which may conflict with this
>> one. It is nothing major but the sooner I know how this changes goes in,
>> the sooner I can rebase the rest.
>
> Will it conflict? I can deal with conflicts.

I'll check to be sure and notify you in the PR if necessary

>
>>
>> Also, We were (re)using the init_data only on register failures.
>> I understand that you want to guarantee .init is NULL when the clock is
>> registered, but it this particular case, the registeration failed so the
>> clock is not registered.
>>
>> IMO, it would be better if devm_clk_hw_register() left the init_data
>> untouched if the registration fails.
>
> Do you have other usage of the init_data besides printing out the
> name?

No other use

> I think we could have devm_clk_hw_register() print out the name of the
> clk that failed to register instead, and get rid of more code in drivers
> that way.

Sure, why not.

> Unless of course there are other uses of the init struct?

I was just commenting on the fact that initialization function tends to
rollback what they can in case of failures, usually.

>
>>
>> >
>> > Cc: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>
>> > Cc: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
>> > ---
>> >
>> > Please ack so I can take this through clk tree
>> >
>> > drivers/clk/meson/axg-audio.c | 7 +++++--
>> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >

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