Re: [PATCH] clk: Free struct clk allocated during clk_hw_register()

[Rajendra Nayak <rnayak@codeaurora.org>]

On 11/08/2016 03:06 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Rajendra,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Rajendra Nayak <rnayak@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> With clk_hw_register() API we hide the struct clk from the caller
>> and return an int error code instead, so the caller (clk provider)
>> is not expected to use hw->clk on return.
> 
> That's correct, in case of failure.

sorry, maybe the commit text needs to be reworded. I meant 'clk_hw_register() returns
an int (not a struct clk pointer), 0 on success or an error code in case of a failure.

> 
>> Free the memory, and mark hw->clk as NULL before returning.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rajendra Nayak <rnayak@codeaurora.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/clk/clk.c | 10 +++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
>> index 0fb39fe..f81e4aa 100644
>> --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
>> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
>> @@ -2628,7 +2628,15 @@ struct clk *clk_register(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw)
>>   */
>>  int clk_hw_register(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw)
>>  {
>> -       return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(clk_register(dev, hw));
>> +       struct clk *c;
>> +
>> +       c = clk_register(dev, hw);
>> +       if (IS_ERR(c))
>> +               return PTR_ERR(c);
>> +
>> +       __clk_free_clk(c);
>> +       hw->clk = NULL;
> 
> This is the success path, not the failure path (on failure, clk_register()
> has already freed the struct clk).
> Why do you free the struct clk in case of success?
> 
> What am I missing?

so with 'per-user' clks, I thought we now have one struct clk per user, allocated
when the user does a clk_get() and freed with a clk_put(), so we shouldn't ideally
need one during clk registration?
The one allocated in clk_register() is for legacy users who need to get a struct clk *
back. For users of clk_hw_register() this should not be needed, no? 
 
> 
>> +       return 0;
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_hw_register);
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
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