[PATCH] rtc: mpfs: fix unchecked devm_clk_get() error pointer in probe()

From: Manush Prajwal

Date: Sun Sep 06 2026 - 07:14:19 EST


devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "rtcref")'s return value was passed straight
into clk_get_rate() without checking it for an error first, unlike the
"rtc" clock a few lines above which is correctly checked with
IS_ERR(). clk_get_rate() only guards against a NULL clk, not an error
pointer:

if (!clk)
return 0;
...
rate = clk_core_get_rate_recalc(clk->core);

so if devm_clk_get() ever returns an error pointer here (for example
ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER), which is the normal, expected outcome if the
clkcfg clock-provider this RTC depends on has not registered its
clocks yet by the time this driver probes), clk_get_rate() dereferences
that error pointer instead of returning 0, crashing instead of letting
probe defer.

Capture the clock in the existing 'clk' local and check it with
IS_ERR() before calling clk_get_rate(), matching the handling already
used for the "rtc" clock in this same function.

Signed-off-by: Manush Prajwal <manushprajwal555@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c
index ece6de4a6..60596b0ea 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpfs.c
@@ -256,8 +256,12 @@ static int mpfs_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return ret;
}

+ clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "rtcref");
+ if (IS_ERR(clk))
+ return PTR_ERR(clk);
+
/* prescaler hardware adds 1 to reg value */
- prescaler = clk_get_rate(devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "rtcref")) - 1;
+ prescaler = clk_get_rate(clk) - 1;
if (prescaler > MAX_PRESCALER_COUNT) {
dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "invalid prescaler %lu\n", prescaler);
return -EINVAL;
--
2.46.2.windows.1