linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] phy: ti: da8xx-usb: Handle devm_pm_runtime

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Message-ID: <62d5d788-bb44-4778-9388-62fde29490e3@linaro.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:28:51 +0100
From: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
To: Haotian Zhang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>, vkoul@...nel.org, kishon@...nel.org
Cc: linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: ti: da8xx-usb: Handle devm_pm_runtime_enable()
 errors

On 11/24/25 02:19, Haotian Zhang wrote:
> devm_pm_runtime_enable() can fail due to memory allocation. The current
> code ignores its return value after calling pm_runtime_set_active(),
> leaving the device in an inconsistent state if runtime PM initialization
> fails.
> 
> Check the return value of devm_pm_runtime_enable() and return on
> failure. Also move the declaration of 'ret' to the function scope
> to support this check.
> 
> Fixes: ee8e41b5044f ("phy: ti: phy-da8xx-usb: Add runtime PM support")
> Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
> ---
>   drivers/phy/ti/phy-da8xx-usb.c | 9 ++++++---
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-da8xx-usb.c b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-da8xx-usb.c
> index 1d81a1e6ec6b..be9c77f8c288 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-da8xx-usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-da8xx-usb.c
> @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ static int da8xx_usb_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   	struct da8xx_usb_phy_platform_data *pdata = dev->platform_data;
>   	struct device_node	*node = dev->of_node;
>   	struct da8xx_usb_phy	*d_phy;
> +	int ret;
>   
>   	d_phy = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*d_phy), GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!d_phy)
> @@ -233,8 +234,6 @@ static int da8xx_usb_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   			return PTR_ERR(d_phy->phy_provider);
>   		}
>   	} else {
> -		int ret;
> -
>   		ret = phy_create_lookup(d_phy->usb11_phy, "usb-phy",
>   					"ohci-da8xx");
>   		if (ret)
> @@ -249,7 +248,11 @@ static int da8xx_usb_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   			  PHY_INIT_BITS, PHY_INIT_BITS);
>   
>   	pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
> -	devm_pm_runtime_enable(dev);
> +	ret = devm_pm_runtime_enable(dev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "Failed to enable runtime PM\n");
> +		return ret;
> +	}

As the error would only be -ENOMEM, just return ret and drop the dev_err().

Neil

>   	/*
>   	 * Prevent runtime pm from being ON by default. Users can enable
>   	 * it using power/control in sysfs.