[PATCH] clk: mediatek: mt8173-mfgtop: do not use the clk API from power_on
From: Ryan Brue
Date: Sat Sep 12 2026 - 14:33:59 EST
clk_mt8173_mfgtop_power_on() calls clk_prepare_enable() on the mfg_26m gate
that this same driver provides. That is a layering inversion which cannot
work: clk_core_prepare() calls clk_pm_runtime_get() on the clock provider
-- this driver's own device -- and genpd power transitions run at _noirq
time, where runtime PM is disabled and pm_runtime_resume_and_get() returns
-EACCES.
Measured on mt8173 (amazon-suez) during resume from suspend-to-RAM,
immediately after the secondary CPUs come back up:
clk-mt8173-mfgtop 13fff000.clock-controller: 26 MHz clock enable failed: -13
The failure is not survivable, because genpd_sync_power_on() ignores what
power_on() returns and marks the domain on regardless. The clock is then
left ungated-but-unprepared, and the next power_off() underflows its
refcount:
mfg_26m already disabled
mfg_26m already unprepared
WARNING: drivers/clk/clk.c:1048 at clk_core_unprepare
Workqueue: pm genpd_power_off_work_fn
clk_unprepare / clk_mt8173_mfgtop_power_off / _genpd_power_off
Gate the bit with a direct regmap write instead. The vendor driver
(mtk_mfgsys.c) also drives the four MFG CG bits with raw register writes
from its power sequencing. The runtime-PM path was never affected, only the
_noirq transitions of system suspend and resume. mfg_26m stays registered
as a clock for any consumer that wants it; nothing currently does.
Fixes: ebd0b73d2137 ("clk: mediatek: Add mt8173-mfgtop driver")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Ryan Brue <ryanbrue.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt8173-mfgtop.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt8173-mfgtop.c b/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt8173-mfgtop.c
index 5669ca9954dc..fed6fa6100dc 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt8173-mfgtop.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mt8173-mfgtop.c
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ static const struct mtk_gate_regs mfg_cg_regs = {
.set_ofs = 0x0004,
};
+/*
+ * The 26 MHz gate, addressed directly rather than through the clk framework.
+ * See the comment in clk_mt8173_mfgtop_power_on().
+ */
+#define MFG_CG_26M BIT(3)
+
#define GATE_MFG(_id, _name, _parent, _shift, _flags) \
GATE_MTK_FLAGS(_id, _name, _parent, &mfg_cg_regs, _shift, &mtk_clk_gate_ops_setclr, _flags)
@@ -46,7 +52,6 @@ struct mt8173_mfgtop_data {
struct regmap *regmap;
struct generic_pm_domain genpd;
struct of_phandle_args parent_pd, child_pd;
- struct clk *clk_26m;
};
/* Delay count in clock cycles */
@@ -66,12 +71,16 @@ struct mt8173_mfgtop_data {
static int clk_mt8173_mfgtop_power_on(struct generic_pm_domain *domain)
{
struct mt8173_mfgtop_data *data = container_of(domain, struct mt8173_mfgtop_data, genpd);
- int ret;
- /* drives internal power management */
- ret = clk_prepare_enable(data->clk_26m);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
+ /*
+ * Ungate the 26 MHz clock, which drives the block's internal power
+ * management. This is a raw write to the gate's CG register, not
+ * clk_prepare_enable() on the mfg_26m gate this driver provides: that
+ * would call clk_pm_runtime_get() on our own device, and genpd power
+ * transitions run at _noirq time, where runtime PM is disabled and
+ * that returns -EACCES. mfg_26m stays registered for any consumer.
+ */
+ regmap_write(data->regmap, mfg_cg_regs.clr_ofs, MFG_CG_26M);
/* Power on/off delays for various signals */
regmap_write(data->regmap, MFG_ACTIVE_POWER_CON0,
@@ -102,8 +111,11 @@ static int clk_mt8173_mfgtop_power_off(struct generic_pm_domain *domain)
/* Magic numbers related to core switch sequence and delays */
regmap_write(data->regmap, 0xec, 0);
- /* drives internal power management */
- clk_disable_unprepare(data->clk_26m);
+ /*
+ * Gate the 26 MHz clock again; see power_on() for why this is a raw
+ * register write and not clk_disable_unprepare().
+ */
+ regmap_write(data->regmap, mfg_cg_regs.set_ofs, MFG_CG_26M);
return 0;
}
@@ -155,16 +167,10 @@ static int clk_mt8173_mfgtop_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
goto put_pm_runtime;
}
- data->clk_26m = clk_hw_get_clk(data->clk_data->hws[CLK_MFG_26M], "26m");
- if (IS_ERR(data->clk_26m)) {
- ret = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(data->clk_26m), "Failed to get 26 MHz clock\n");
- goto unregister_clks;
- }
-
ret = of_clk_add_hw_provider(node, of_clk_hw_onecell_get, data->clk_data);
if (ret) {
dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "Failed to add clk OF provider\n");
- goto put_26m_clk;
+ goto unregister_clks;
}
data->genpd.name = "mfg-top";
@@ -197,8 +203,6 @@ static int clk_mt8173_mfgtop_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
pm_genpd_remove(&data->genpd);
del_clk_provider:
of_clk_del_provider(node);
-put_26m_clk:
- clk_put(data->clk_26m);
unregister_clks:
mtk_clk_unregister_gates(mfg_clks, ARRAY_SIZE(mfg_clks), data->clk_data);
put_pm_runtime:
@@ -217,7 +221,6 @@ static void clk_mt8173_mfgtop_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
of_genpd_del_provider(node);
pm_genpd_remove(&data->genpd);
of_clk_del_provider(node);
- clk_put(data->clk_26m);
mtk_clk_unregister_gates(mfg_clks, ARRAY_SIZE(mfg_clks), data->clk_data);
of_node_put(data->parent_pd.np);
}
---
base-commit: df2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157
change-id: 20260912-mfgtop-no-clk-api-power-on-a5e0a3a43b33
Best regards,
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Ryan Brue <ryanbrue.dev@xxxxxxxxx>