linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: talos: Add missing clock-names to GCC

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Message-ID: <5227ff03-3008-48d4-a22b-f9a9b1d9bec4@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:46:20 +0100
From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>
To: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@....qualcomm.com>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@...nel.org>
Cc: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
        Conor Dooley
 <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Lijuan Gao <quic_lijuang@...cinc.com>, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: talos: Add missing clock-names to GCC

On 1/26/26 2:33 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:45:03AM +0100, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>> From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>
>>
>> The binding for this clock controller requires that clock-names are
>> present. They're not really used by the kernel driver, but they're
>> marked as required, so someone might have assumed it's done on purpose
>> (where in reality we try to stay away from that since index-based
>> references are faster, take up less space and are already widely used)
>> and referenced it in drivers for another OS.
>>
>> Hence, do the least painful thing and add the missing entries.
> 
> One (me included) would assume that the presense of clock-names imples
> that the clocks are fetched according to those names and become very
> surprised if they are not. As such I'd suggest fixing the bindings instead.

The reason why I chose otherwise is in the commit message

Let's try to review bindings better next time

Konrad