linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] thermal/drivers/sun8i: Fix some error handling paths in sun8i_ths

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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2023 13:54:41 +0200
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul@...il.com>,
        Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Amit Kucheria <amitk@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Ondrej Jirman <megous@...ous.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] thermal/drivers/sun8i: Fix some error handling paths
 in sun8i_ths_probe()

Hi,

On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 08:46:05PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Should an error occur after calling sun8i_ths_resource_init() in the probe
> function, some resources need to be released, as already done in the
> .remove() function.
> 
> Switch to the devm_clk_get_enabled() helper and add a new devm_action to
> turn sun8i_ths_resource_init() into a fully managed function.
> 
> Move the place where reset_control_deassert() is called so that the
> recommended order of reset release/clock enable steps is kept.
> A64 manual states that:
> 
> 	3.3.6.4. Gating and reset
> 
> 	Make sure that the reset signal has been released before the release of
> 	module clock gating;
> 
> This fixes the issue and removes some LoC at the same time.

It should really be three different patches:
 - One to fix the resource release, that can be backported to stable
   releases
 - One to switch to devm_clk_get_enabled
 - and one to change the order of clock enable vs reset deassertion

Maxime

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