From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-clk@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Alchemy: clock: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:32:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <areRED8_2Nw7eCFu@alpha.franken.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3610b51df642abb1fbb39f5bd93fddea43f8f164.1787240060.git.geert+renesas@glider.be>
On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 12:05:15PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The clk_init_data structure contains several mutually-exclusive members
> for different methods to specify the possible parents of a clock,
> prompting drivers to initialize only the members they need. However,
> not initializing all members may cause subtle issues, which are only
> exposed when CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN or CONFIG_INIT_STACK_NONE is
> enabled.
>
> Make sure all members are fully initialized, to avoid such bugs, and to
> prevent future breakage when converting drivers to a different method
> for specifying the parents.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
> ---
> Compile-tested only.
>
> Part One[1] fixed all cases that I identified to be real bugs, in
> response to a crash I saw on BeagleBone Black.
>
> This patch is the MIPS subpart of Part Two, which fixes remaining cases
> that are currently harmless. These are still fragile, and may cause
> future breakage when converting drivers to a different method for
> specifying the parents.
>
> [1] "[PATCH treewide 0/5] clk: Make sure clk_init_data is fully
> initialized (part 1)"
> https://lore.kernel.org/cover.1787165329.git.geert+renesas@glider.be
> ---
> arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
applied to mips-next
Thomas.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-26 10:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 10:05 [PATCH] MIPS: Alchemy: clock: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-24 15:20 ` Brian Masney
2026-09-26 9:32 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer [this message]
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