Re: [PATCH] misc: atmel-ssc: Handle error for clk_prepare_enable

[Alexandre Belloni]

On 02/03/2022 16:43:19+0800, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> As the potential failure of the clk_prepare_enable(),
> it should be better to check it and return error if fails.
> 

this will never ever fail, this patch doesn't fix any actual issue

> Fixes: eb1f2930609b ("Driver for the Atmel on-chip SSC on AT32AP and AT91")
> Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c b/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
> index d6cd5537126c..c76ca234af4b 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
> @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ static int ssc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct resource *regs;
>  	struct ssc_device *ssc;
>  	const struct atmel_ssc_platform_data *plat_dat;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	ssc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct ssc_device), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!ssc) {
> @@ -226,7 +227,10 @@ static int ssc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* disable all interrupts */
> -	clk_prepare_enable(ssc->clk);
> +	ret = clk_prepare_enable(ssc->clk);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
>  	ssc_writel(ssc->regs, IDR, -1);
>  	ssc_readl(ssc->regs, SR);
>  	clk_disable_unprepare(ssc->clk);
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

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