From: Brian Masney <bmasney@redhat.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: "Théo Lebrun" <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>,
"Conor Dooley" <conor.dooley@microchip.com>,
"Andrew Lunn" <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Heiner Kallweit" <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
"Russell King" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
"Neil Armstrong" <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
"Kevin Hilman" <khilman@baylibre.com>,
"Jerome Brunet" <jbrunet@baylibre.com>,
"Martin Blumenstingl" <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org, linux-clk@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:23:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aoxh2xyb4sQwfHXC@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1787240118.git.geert+renesas@glider.be>
On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 12:07:29PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 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.
>
> Hence this series aims to 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.
>
> Part One[1] fixed all cases that I identified to be real bugs, in
> response to a crash I saw on BeagleBone Black.
>
> This series is the networking 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.
>
> Thanks for your comments!
>
> [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
For the series:
Reviewed-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@redhat.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-24 15:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 10:07 [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-21 10:07 ` [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: macb: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-24 16:03 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-08-21 10:07 ` [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: mdio: mux-meson-g12a: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-21 10:07 ` [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: phy: air_en8811h: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-22 19:44 ` [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: " Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-24 15:23 ` Brian Masney [this message]
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