linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] serial: max310x: fail probe if clock crystal is unstable

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:30:00 -0500
From: Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@...ovil.com>
To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	jirislaby@...nel.org,
	jan.kundrat@...net.cz,
	shc_work@...l.ru
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	hugo@...ovil.com,
	Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] serial: max310x: fail probe if clock crystal is unstable

From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>

A stable clock is really required in order to use this UART, so log an
error message and bail out if the chip reports that the clock is not
stable.

Fixes: 4cf9a888fd3c ("serial: max310x: Check the clock readiness")
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Jan Kundrát <jan.kundrat@...net.cz>
Link: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-serial/msg35773.html
Signed-off-by: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@...onoff.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
index c0eb0615d945..552e153a24e0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int max310x_update_best_err(unsigned long f, long *besterr)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static u32 max310x_set_ref_clk(struct device *dev, struct max310x_port *s,
+static s32 max310x_set_ref_clk(struct device *dev, struct max310x_port *s,
 			       unsigned long freq, bool xtal)
 {
 	unsigned int div, clksrc, pllcfg = 0;
@@ -657,7 +657,8 @@ static u32 max310x_set_ref_clk(struct device *dev, struct max310x_port *s,
 		} while (!stable && (++try < MAX310X_XTAL_WAIT_RETRIES));
 
 		if (!stable)
-			dev_warn(dev, "clock is not stable yet\n");
+			return dev_err_probe(dev, -EAGAIN,
+					     "clock is not stable\n");
 	}
 
 	return bestfreq;
@@ -1282,7 +1283,7 @@ static int max310x_probe(struct device *dev, const struct max310x_devtype *devty
 {
 	int i, ret, fmin, fmax, freq;
 	struct max310x_port *s;
-	u32 uartclk = 0;
+	s32 uartclk = 0;
 	bool xtal;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < devtype->nr; i++)
@@ -1360,6 +1361,11 @@ static int max310x_probe(struct device *dev, const struct max310x_devtype *devty
 	}
 
 	uartclk = max310x_set_ref_clk(dev, s, freq, xtal);
+	if (uartclk < 0) {
+		ret = uartclk;
+		goto out_uart;
+	}
+
 	dev_dbg(dev, "Reference clock set to %i Hz\n", uartclk);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < devtype->nr; i++) {
-- 
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