[PATCH v3] media: v4l2-common: Always register clock with device-specific name

From: Paul Cercueil

Date: Tue Mar 31 2026 - 04:48:51 EST


If we need to register a dummy fixed-frequency clock, always register it
using a device-specific name.

This supports the use case where a system has two of the same sensor,
meaning two instances of the same driver, which previously both tried
(and failed) to create a clock with the same name.

Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
v2: include requested clock id in fixed clock name

v3: support NULL clock id

drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
index 554c591e1113..0f9c78cfc6ed 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-common.c
@@ -792,14 +792,15 @@ struct clk *__devm_v4l2_sensor_clk_get(struct device *dev, const char *id,
if (ret)
return ERR_PTR(ret == -EINVAL ? -EPROBE_DEFER : ret);

- if (!id) {
+ if (id)
+ clk_id = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "clk-%s-%s", dev_name(dev), id);
+ else
clk_id = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "clk-%s", dev_name(dev));
- if (!clk_id)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- id = clk_id;
- }

- clk_hw = devm_clk_hw_register_fixed_rate(dev, id, NULL, 0, rate);
+ if (!clk_id)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ clk_hw = devm_clk_hw_register_fixed_rate(dev, clk_id, NULL, 0, rate);
if (IS_ERR(clk_hw))
return ERR_CAST(clk_hw);

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2.53.0