[PATCH] rtc: pcf8563: fix clock provider leak on unbind

From: Yi Ding

Date: Mon Jun 01 2026 - 23:52:05 EST


pcf8563_clkout_register_clk() registers the CLKOUT clock provider with
of_clk_add_provider(), but nothing ever unwinds it: there is no
of_clk_del_provider() call and the driver has no remove callback. Each
of_clk_add_provider() allocates a struct of_clk_provider, takes a
reference on the OF node and adds an entry to the global of_clk_providers
list, none of which is released when the device is unbound. Every
bind/unbind (or module reload) therefore leaks a provider structure and
an of_node reference.

The clock itself is already device-managed (devm_clk_register()); only
the provider registration was not. Use devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider() so
the provider is removed automatically on unbind. Tie it to the parent
i2c device, whose OF node carries the #clock-cells and clock-output-names
properties (the RTC class device has no OF node of its own).

Fixes: a39a6405d5f9 ("rtc: pcf8563: add CLKOUT to common clock framework")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Yi Ding <yi.s.ding@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8563.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8563.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8563.c
index b281e9489..7083d9278 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8563.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8563.c
@@ -449,7 +449,9 @@ static struct clk *pcf8563_clkout_register_clk(struct pcf8563 *pcf8563)
clk = devm_clk_register(&pcf8563->rtc->dev, &pcf8563->clkout_hw);

if (!IS_ERR(clk))
- of_clk_add_provider(node, of_clk_src_simple_get, clk);
+ devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider(pcf8563->rtc->dev.parent,
+ of_clk_hw_simple_get,
+ &pcf8563->clkout_hw);

return clk;
}
--
2.47.3