linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] rtc: sun6i: Don't reference clk_init

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Message-Id: <20190815215946.C06492083B@mail.kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 14:59:45 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] rtc: sun6i: Don't reference clk_init_data after registration

Quoting Stephen Boyd (2019-08-15 09:00:19)
> 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.
> 
> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
> Cc: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>
> Cc: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
> ---
> 

Looks like this fixed the sunxi boot crashes in -next. I'll add a tag
for kernelci credit.