Re: [PATCH 1/2] clk: Disable CLK_OPS_PARENT_ENABLED parent only after CRITICAL check

From: Daniel Baluta

Date: Tue Feb 03 2026 - 05:11:02 EST


On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM Nicolas Frattaroli
<nicolas.frattaroli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The call to clk_core_enable_lock done by __clk_core_init after checking
> the clock flags for CLK_IS_CRITICAL enables the parent clock.
>
> In Commit 669917676e93 ("clk: Respect CLK_OPS_PARENT_ENABLE during
> recalc"), the parent gets disabled before this check, if the flag
> CLK_OPS_PARENT_ENABLED is set on the clock. This results in a situation
> where critical clocks have their parent briefly disabled, which kills
> the system.
>
> Fix this by moving the balancing operation to after the CLK_IS_CRITICAL
> check, which should resolve the problem.
>
> Fixes: 669917676e93 ("clk: Respect CLK_OPS_PARENT_ENABLE during recalc")
> Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/036da7ce-6487-4a6e-9b15-97c6d3bcdcec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Nicolas,

Would you consider please reverting faulty patch above as i.MX8mp is
still broken?