[PATCH v2] clk: qcom: ipq-cmn-pll: keep the CMN block bus clocks enabled

From: Stanislaw Pal

Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 08:03:32 EST


The probe function takes a runtime PM reference to enable the GCC AHB &
SYS clocks of the CMN PLL block, registers the clocks, and then drops
the reference, letting pm_clk gate both clocks a few milliseconds after
probe has returned. The clock ops access the CMN PLL registers without
a runtime PM reference of their own, and on IPQ5018 gating the CMN
block bus clocks makes the SoC hang on a subsequent bus access: boards
died silently within milliseconds of the CMN PLL probe, up to a 100%
reproducible boot loop, depending on binary layout (micro-timing).

Take a devres-managed runtime PM reference in probe, so the bus clocks
stay enabled for as long as the driver is bound and the reference is
released again on unbind.

Fixes: f81715a4c87c ("clk: qcom: Add CMN PLL clock controller driver for IPQ SoC")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Pal <kuncy7@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use devm_pm_runtime_get_noresume() instead of simply skipping the
pm_runtime_put() on the probe success path. The v1 arrangement left
the usage count elevated with nothing to balance it on unbind; the
devres action releases it. Spotted by the Sashiko automated review
(thanks to Mieczyslaw Nalewaj for pointing it out). Note that
pm_runtime_reinit() on unbind does set the status back to suspended,
so the leak did not have the re-bind consequences the report
suggested - but it was a leak nonetheless, and the devres form is
the idiomatic way to express "keep this device resumed while bound".
- The diff is now purely additive; the existing error handling in
probe is left untouched.

Note for stable: devm_pm_runtime_get_noresume() was added in v6.16 by
commit 73db799bf5ef ("PM: runtime: Add new devm functions"), while this
driver dates back to v6.14. On 6.14.y/6.15.y (both EOL) the equivalent
is to move the pm_runtime_put() out of probe and add one to
ipq_cmn_pll_clk_remove() instead.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-clk/20260730191353.557494-1-kuncy7@xxxxxxxxx/

drivers/clk/qcom/ipq-cmn-pll.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/clk/qcom/ipq-cmn-pll.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/qcom/ipq-cmn-pll.c
@@ -437,6 +437,17 @@ static int ipq_cmn_pll_clk_probe(struct
if (ret)
return ret;

+ /*
+ * The clock ops access the CMN PLL registers without taking a
+ * runtime PM reference of their own, and on IPQ5018 gating the CMN
+ * block AHB & SYS clocks after probe hangs the SoC on a subsequent
+ * bus access. Hold a reference for as long as the driver is bound
+ * so that the bus clocks stay enabled.
+ */
+ ret = devm_pm_runtime_get_noresume(dev);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
/* Register CMN PLL clock and fixed rate output clocks. */
ret = ipq_cmn_pll_register_clks(pdev);
pm_runtime_put(dev);