Re: [PATCH] gpio: omap: handle clk_prepare failure in probe

[Andreas Kemnade]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:19:00 +0200
Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx> wrote:

> …
> > Check the return value of clk_prepare in omap_gpio_probe. On failure,
> > clear dbck_flag and return the error, preventing unbalanced
> > clk_unprepare in remove or error paths.  
> 
> How do you think about to add any tags (like “Fixes” and “Cc”) accordingly?
> 
About adding this to stable:
does it bother anyone?
Is this actually being used with clocks having prepare() ops?
I do not see anything there. SoC-internal clocks are typically not
so easy being rewired.
To be clear, this should be fixed in -next to be prepared if something
more fundamental in clock handling changes.

Regards,
Andreas

> See also once more:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst?h=v7.2#n34
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v7.2#n145
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v7.2#n792
> 
> Regards,
> Markus
> 
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