[PATCH 1/2] media: sti: hva: Drop redundant clock preparation in probe

From: Myeonghun Pak

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 21:17:23 EST


hva_hw_probe() prepares the clock separately from the runtime PM
callbacks. The callbacks balance their own clk_prepare_enable() and
clk_disable_unprepare() calls, leaving the probe's extra prepare
reference behind on removal.

Let runtime PM own clock preparation. Runtime resume already prepares
the clock before the IP version check and encoding operations, so the
extra reference is unnecessary.

This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
while reviewing kernel code.

Fixes: 57b2c0628b60 ("[media] st-hva: multi-format video encoder V4L2 driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/platform/st/sti/hva/hva-hw.c | 17 ++++-------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/st/sti/hva/hva-hw.c b/drivers/media/platform/st/sti/hva/hva-hw.c
--- a/drivers/media/platform/st/sti/hva/hva-hw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/st/sti/hva/hva-hw.c
@@ -329,17 +329,10 @@ int hva_hw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev, struct hva_dev *hva)
return PTR_ERR(hva->clk);
}

- ret = clk_prepare(hva->clk);
- if (ret < 0) {
- dev_err(dev, "%s failed to prepare clock\n", HVA_PREFIX);
- hva->clk = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- return ret;
- }
-
/* get status interruption resource */
ret = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
if (ret < 0)
- goto err_clk;
+ return ret;
hva->irq_its = ret;

ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, hva->irq_its, hva_hw_its_interrupt,
@@ -349,14 +342,14 @@ int hva_hw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev, struct hva_dev *hva)
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "%s failed to install status IRQ 0x%x\n",
HVA_PREFIX, hva->irq_its);
- goto err_clk;
+ return ret;
}
disable_irq(hva->irq_its);

/* get error interruption resource */
ret = platform_get_irq(pdev, 1);
if (ret < 0)
- goto err_clk;
+ return ret;
hva->irq_err = ret;

ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, hva->irq_err, hva_hw_err_interrupt,
@@ -366,7 +359,7 @@ int hva_hw_probe(struct platform_device *pdev, struct hva_dev *hva)
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "%s failed to install error IRQ 0x%x\n",
HVA_PREFIX, hva->irq_err);
- goto err_clk;
+ return ret;
}
disable_irq(hva->irq_err);

@@ -405,8 +398,6 @@ err_pm:
pm_runtime_put(dev);
err_disable:
pm_runtime_disable(dev);
-err_clk:
- clk_unprepare(hva->clk);

return ret;
}
--
2.51.0