[PATCH 1/2] net: fec: Propagate PTP initialization errors

From: phucduc . bui

Date: Thu Aug 20 2026 - 07:17:54 EST


From: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>

Change fec_ptp_init() to return an error code instead of silently
ignoring failures during PTP initialization.

The PPS IRQ is not required for the FEC/PTP functionality, so its
absence should not make the probe fail. However, an unavailable
optional IRQ should be distinguished from an actual error returned
during the IRQ lookup.

If a platform does not support the PPS IRQ, it can omit the IRQ from
its device tree and the optional lookup will return -ENXIO. Propagate
other errors from the IRQ lookup instead of silently ignoring them.

Also propagate failures from devm_request_irq() and ptp_clock_register().

Update the function declaration in fec.h accordingly.

Found by manual code inspection.

Signed-off-by: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
index 7176803146f3..8831da37326b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ struct fec_enet_private {
u64 ethtool_stats[];
};

-void fec_ptp_init(struct platform_device *pdev, int irq_idx);
+int fec_ptp_init(struct platform_device *pdev, int irq_idx);
void fec_ptp_restore_state(struct fec_enet_private *fep);
void fec_ptp_save_state(struct fec_enet_private *fep);
void fec_ptp_stop(struct platform_device *pdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c
index 56801c2009d5..8ad680411b0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_ptp.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static irqreturn_t fec_pps_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
* cyclecounter init routine and exits.
*/

-void fec_ptp_init(struct platform_device *pdev, int irq_idx)
+int fec_ptp_init(struct platform_device *pdev, int irq_idx)
{
struct net_device *ndev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
struct fec_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(ndev);
@@ -779,26 +779,29 @@ void fec_ptp_init(struct platform_device *pdev, int irq_idx)
HRTIMER_MODE_REL);

irq = platform_get_irq_byname_optional(pdev, "pps");
- if (irq < 0)
+ if (irq < 0) {
irq = platform_get_irq_optional(pdev, irq_idx);
- /* Failure to get an irq is not fatal,
- * only the PTP_CLOCK_PPS clock events should stop
- */
- if (irq >= 0) {
+ if (irq < 0 && irq != -ENXIO)
+ return irq;
+ }
+
+ if (irq > 0) {
ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, fec_pps_interrupt,
0, pdev->name, ndev);
if (ret < 0)
- dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "request for pps irq failed(%d)\n",
- ret);
+ return ret;
}

fep->ptp_clock = ptp_clock_register(&fep->ptp_caps, &pdev->dev);
if (IS_ERR(fep->ptp_clock)) {
fep->ptp_clock = NULL;
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "ptp_clock_register failed\n");
+ return PTR_ERR(fep->ptp_clock);
}

schedule_delayed_work(&fep->time_keep, HZ);
+
+ return 0;
}

void fec_ptp_save_state(struct fec_enet_private *fep)
--
2.43.0