Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/7] net: axienet: Fix resource release ordering

From: Sean Anderson
Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 10:03:22 EST


On 12/16/25 06:53, Gupta, Suraj wrote:
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> Hi,
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
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>> Cc: Pandey, Radhey Shyam <radhey.shyam.pandey@xxxxxxx>; Andrew Lunn
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>> Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>; Gupta, Suraj <Suraj.Gupta2@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/7] net: axienet: Fix resource release ordering
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>> > +static void axienet_disable_misc(void *clocks) {
>> > + clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(XAE_NUM_MISC_CLOCKS, clocks); }
>> > +
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > ret = devm_clk_bulk_get_optional(&pdev->dev, XAE_NUM_MISC_CLOCKS,
>> lp->misc_clks);
>> > if (ret)
>> > - goto cleanup_clk;
>> > + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
>> > + "could not get misc. clocks\n");
>> >
>> > ret = clk_bulk_prepare_enable(XAE_NUM_MISC_CLOCKS, lp->misc_clks);
>> > if (ret)
>> > - goto cleanup_clk;
>> > + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
>> > + "could not enable misc. clocks\n");
>> > +
>> > + ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(&pdev->dev, axienet_disable_misc,
>> > + lp->misc_clks);
>>
>> It seems like it would be better to add
>> devm_clk_bulk_get_optional_enable(). There is already an
>> devm_clk_bulk_get_all_enabled() so it does not seem like too big a step.
>>
>> Andrew
>
> We are interested in this patch to fix AXI Ethernet probe path and can collaborate on upstreaming it.

Feel free to modify it as suggested by Andrew.

Unfortunately I have not had time to work on this series recently and probably
won't be able to return to it for another few months.

--Sean