Re: [PATCH v3] dmaengine: sprd: use clk_bulk API to fix clock imbalance

From: Frank Li

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 11:44:35 EST


On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 05:35:18AM +0000, Chaithanya Lagisetty wrote:
> sprd_dma_enable() enabled sdev->clk and then the optional ashb_clk. If
> enabling ashb_clk failed, sdev->clk was left enabled: both callers
> (probe and resume) treat a non-zero return as "nothing was enabled" and
> bail out, leaking sdev->clk.
>
> Convert the driver to the clk_bulk API. clk_bulk_prepare_enable()
> enables all clocks and unwinds them on failure, and
> clk_bulk_disable_unprepare() disables them, which fixes the imbalance
> and simplifies the enable/disable paths. Both clocks are fetched with
> devm_clk_bulk_get_optional(); the optional ashb_eb clock simply becomes
> a NULL entry that the bulk helpers treat as a no-op, while the mandatory
> enable clock is still checked explicitly.
>
> Fixes: 9b3b8171f7f4 ("dmaengine: sprd: Add Spreadtrum DMA driver")
> Signed-off-by: Chaithanya Lagisetty <nagachaithanya9911@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>

> Changes since v2:
> - Fetch both clocks with a single devm_clk_bulk_get_optional() call
> instead of separate devm_clk_get()/devm_clk_get_optional() calls, and
> keep an explicit check for the mandatory "enable" clock (Frank Li).
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Convert the enable/disable paths to the clk_bulk API instead of
> manually disabling sdev->clk on the ashb_clk failure path (Frank Li).
>
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20260816055005.2667930-1-nagachaithanya9911@xxxxxxxxx/
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20260813105354.2577040-1-nagachaithanya9911@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c | 45 ++++++++++++------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c
> index 087fea3af2e4..749cabd984eb 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c
> @@ -208,8 +208,7 @@ struct sprd_dma_chn {
> struct sprd_dma_dev {
> struct dma_device dma_dev;
> void __iomem *glb_base;
> - struct clk *clk;
> - struct clk *ashb_clk;
> + struct clk_bulk_data clks[2];
> int irq;
> u32 total_chns;
> struct sprd_dma_chn channels[] __counted_by(total_chns);
> @@ -260,31 +259,12 @@ static void sprd_dma_chn_update(struct sprd_dma_chn *schan, u32 reg,
>
> static int sprd_dma_enable(struct sprd_dma_dev *sdev)
> {
> - int ret;
> -
> - ret = clk_prepare_enable(sdev->clk);
> - if (ret)
> - return ret;
> -
> - /*
> - * The ashb_clk is optional and only for AGCP DMA controller, so we
> - * need add one condition to check if the ashb_clk need enable.
> - */
> - if (!IS_ERR(sdev->ashb_clk))
> - ret = clk_prepare_enable(sdev->ashb_clk);
> -
> - return ret;
> + return clk_bulk_prepare_enable(ARRAY_SIZE(sdev->clks), sdev->clks);
> }
>
> static void sprd_dma_disable(struct sprd_dma_dev *sdev)
> {
> - clk_disable_unprepare(sdev->clk);
> -
> - /*
> - * Need to check if we need disable the optional ashb_clk for AGCP DMA.
> - */
> - if (!IS_ERR(sdev->ashb_clk))
> - clk_disable_unprepare(sdev->ashb_clk);
> + clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(ARRAY_SIZE(sdev->clks), sdev->clks);
> }
>
> static void sprd_dma_set_uid(struct sprd_dma_chn *schan)
> @@ -1140,16 +1120,17 @@ static int sprd_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> if (!sdev)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - sdev->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "enable");
> - if (IS_ERR(sdev->clk)) {
> - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "get enable clock failed\n");
> - return PTR_ERR(sdev->clk);
> - }
> + /* The ashb_eb clock is optional and only present for AGCP DMA */
> + sdev->clks[0].id = "enable";
> + sdev->clks[1].id = "ashb_eb";
> + ret = devm_clk_bulk_get_optional(&pdev->dev, ARRAY_SIZE(sdev->clks),
> + sdev->clks);
> + if (ret)
> + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "get clocks failed\n");
>
> - /* ashb clock is optional for AGCP DMA */
> - sdev->ashb_clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "ashb_eb");
> - if (IS_ERR(sdev->ashb_clk))
> - dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "no optional ashb eb clock\n");
> + if (!sdev->clks[0].clk)
> + return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -ENOENT,
> + "get enable clock failed\n");
>
> /*
> * We have three DMA controllers: AP DMA, AON DMA and AGCP DMA. For AGCP
> --
> 2.43.0
>