RE: [PATCH 2/2] i2c: designware: Add support for a bus clock

From: Phil Edworthy
Date: Tue Jul 17 2018 - 10:57:35 EST


Hi Andy,

On 17 July 2018 15:47, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 14:40 +0000, Phil Edworthy wrote:
> > On 17 July 2018 15:19, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 12:42 +0000, Phil Edworthy wrote:
> > >
> > > > > While your point sounds valid (don't remember how clk_get() is
> > > > > implemented), NULL is also OK to have.
> > > >
> > > > Ok as in there is no bus clock, right?
> > > > So it should be:
> > > > if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL (dev->busclk))
> > >
> > > Nope, NULL is no error case for optional clock.
> >
> > I must be missing something here...
>
> See how clk_prepare_enable() is implemented.
Ok, if busclk is NULL the code can safely call clk_prepare_enable()


> > I agree that NULL for an optional clock is not an error. However, the
> > code above is now:
> > + if (prepare) {
> > + /* Optional bus clock */
>
> > + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dev->busclk)) {
>
> Check for NULL is redundant.
>
> > + ret = clk_prepare_enable(dev->busclk);
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > +
> > return clk_prepare_enable(dev->clk);
> > + }
> >
> > So, if you have a valid busclk, it gets enabled, otherwise it is left
> > alone.
>
So the code as sent in the original email is correct (aside from Geert's
comments about EPROBE_DEFER handling).

Maybe I need some coffee :\
Thanks
Phil