[PATCH] clk: hisilicon: reset: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc

[PATCH] clk: hisilicon: reset: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc

[Shawn Guo]

With commit c721f189e89c ("reset: Instantiate reset GPIO controller for
shared reset-gpios") in place, the call sequence hisi_reset_init() ->
reset_controller_register() starts failing on Hi3798CV200 Poplar platform,
due to the new check added by the commit above.

	if (rcdev->of_node && rcdev->of_args)
		return -EINVAL;

The failure is caused by that hisi_reset_init() allocates memory for rcdev
without zeroing it out.  Fix the issue by using kzalloc instead of
kmalloc for memory allocation.

Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c b/drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c
index 93cee17db8b1..c3b7daac9313 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct hisi_reset_controller *hisi_reset_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct hisi_reset_controller *rstc;
 
-	rstc = devm_kmalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rstc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	rstc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rstc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rstc)
 		return NULL;
 
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH] clk: hisilicon: reset: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc

[Brian Masney]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:19:12AM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> With commit c721f189e89c ("reset: Instantiate reset GPIO controller for
> shared reset-gpios") in place, the call sequence hisi_reset_init() ->
> reset_controller_register() starts failing on Hi3798CV200 Poplar platform,
> due to the new check added by the commit above.
> 
> 	if (rcdev->of_node && rcdev->of_args)
> 		return -EINVAL;
> 
> The failure is caused by that hisi_reset_init() allocates memory for rcdev
> without zeroing it out.  Fix the issue by using kzalloc instead of
> kmalloc for memory allocation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Brian Masney <bmasney@redhat.com>

Re: [PATCH] clk: hisilicon: reset: Use kzalloc instead of kmalloc

[Philipp Zabel]

On Di, 2026-02-24 at 10:19 +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> With commit c721f189e89c ("reset: Instantiate reset GPIO controller for
> shared reset-gpios") in place, the call sequence hisi_reset_init() ->
> reset_controller_register() starts failing on Hi3798CV200 Poplar platform,
> due to the new check added by the commit above.
> 
> 	if (rcdev->of_node && rcdev->of_args)
> 		return -EINVAL;
> 
> The failure is caused by that hisi_reset_init() allocates memory for rcdev
> without zeroing it out.  Fix the issue by using kzalloc instead of
> kmalloc for memory allocation.

Fixes: 97b7129cd2af ("reset: hisilicon: change the definition of hisi_reset_init")

> Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c b/drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c
> index 93cee17db8b1..c3b7daac9313 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/hisilicon/reset.c
> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct hisi_reset_controller *hisi_reset_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
>  	struct hisi_reset_controller *rstc;
>  
> -	rstc = devm_kmalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rstc), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	rstc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rstc), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!rstc)
>  		return NULL;
>  

Reviewed-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@pengutronix.de>

regards
Philipp