From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com>
Cc: conor+dt@kernel.org, wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, robh@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] clk: renesas: r9a09g077: Add LCDC and PLL3 clock support for RZ/T2H display pipeline
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:11:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609111124.2AA031F00893@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609105924.962573-6-prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 4 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Critical] Unsafe cast of a dynamically-parented grandparent clock leads to type confusion and potential kernel panic.
- [Critical] Uninitialized stack variable `init` passed to clock registration framework causes undefined behavior and kernel panic.
- [High] The `determine_rate` callbacks illegally mutate internal hardware caching state, breaking the clock framework's stateless query design.
- [High] Unchecked hardware reads can cause a division by zero panic during clock tree initialization.
--
commit d7d90136d8420c2d9ce47a37c13ff3a993298ca0
Author: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
clk: renesas: r9a09g077: Add LCDC and PLL3 clock support for RZ/T2H display pipeline
Add the clock definitions and PLL logic required to supply the LCDC
(VSPD/FCPVD/DU) blocks on the RZ/T2H (R9A09G077) SoC. Introduce a new PLL
clock type and implement rate recalculation, programming and locking sequences
for PLL3.
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/renesas/r9a09g077-cpg.c b/drivers/clk/renesas/r9a09g077-cpg.c
> index 93b15e06a19bc..44c8b5aaa2afb 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/renesas/r9a09g077-cpg.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/renesas/r9a09g077-cpg.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -480,6 +576,272 @@ r9a09g077_cpg_fselxspi_div_clk_register(struct device *dev,
> return hw->clk;
> }
>
> +static unsigned long r9a09g077_cpg_pll3_clk_recalc_rate(struct clk_hw *hw,
> + unsigned long parent_rate)
> +{
> + struct pll_clk *pll_clk = to_pll(hw);
> + u32 ctr0, ctr1;
> + u8 pdiv, sdiv;
> + u64 rate;
> + u16 mdiv;
> + s16 kdiv;
> +
> + ctr0 = readl(CPG_PLL3_VCO_CTR0(pll_clk->reg));
> + ctr1 = readl(CPG_PLL3_VCO_CTR1(pll_clk->reg));
> +
> + pdiv = FIELD_GET(CPG_PLL3_VCO_CTR0_PDIV, ctr0);
> + mdiv = FIELD_GET(CPG_PLL3_VCO_CTR0_MDIV, ctr0);
> + kdiv = (s16)FIELD_GET(CPG_PLL3_VCO_CTR1_KDIV, ctr1);
> + sdiv = FIELD_GET(CPG_PLL3_VCO_CTR1_SDIV, ctr1);
> +
> + rate = mul_u64_u32_shr(parent_rate, (mdiv << 16) + kdiv, 16 + sdiv);
> +
> + return DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(rate, pdiv);
[Severity: High]
Can pdiv be 0 here if the hardware defaults to a 0 state or the bootloader
has not initialized the PLL?
If pdiv is 0, will this DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL() macro trigger a division by
zero panic during clock tree initialization?
> +}
> +
> +static int r9a09g077_cpg_pll3_determine_rate(struct clk_hw *hw,
> + struct clk_rate_request *req)
> +{
> + struct pll_clk *pll_clk = to_pll(hw);
> + u64 rate_millihz;
> +
> + if (req->rate == pll_clk->cur_rate)
> + return 0;
> +
> + rate_millihz = mul_u32_u32(req->rate, MILLI);
> + if (!rzv2h_cpg_get_pll_pars(pll_clk->limits, &pll_clk->pll_parameters,
> + rate_millihz)) {
> + dev_dbg(pll_clk->dev,
> + "failed to determine rate for req->rate: %lu\n",
> + req->rate);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> + req->rate = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(pll_clk->pll_parameters.freq_millihz, MILLI);
> + pll_clk->cur_rate = req->rate;
[Severity: High]
Is it safe to mutate the driver's cached state (pll_clk->cur_rate and
pll_clk->pll_parameters) inside a .determine_rate callback?
Since the Common Clock Framework expects .determine_rate to be a stateless
query, could speculative queries like clk_round_rate() corrupt the cached
parameters, causing a subsequent clk_set_rate() for a different rate to
program the hardware with the wrong values?
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
[ ... ]
> +static int r9a09g077_cpg_lcdc_div_determine_rate(struct clk_hw *hw,
> + struct clk_rate_request *req)
> +{
> + struct r9a09g077_lcdc_div_clk *dsi_div = to_lcdc_div_clk(hw);
> + struct pll_clk *pll_clk = to_pll(clk_hw_get_parent(clk_hw_get_parent(hw)));
[Severity: Critical]
Does this safely cast the grandparent hardware structure to struct pll_clk?
The immediate parent of this clock is CLK_SEL_CLK_PLL3, which is a mux that
can be parented to either .loco or .pll3. If the bootloader leaves the mux
parented to the fixed .loco clock, will clk_hw_get_parent() return the
fixed clock's hw structure instead?
If so, would casting it to struct pll_clk via to_pll() and dereferencing
its fields (like pll_clk->limits below) cause out-of-bounds memory accesses
and a panic?
> + u8 table[RZT2H_MAX_LCDC_DIV_TABLES] = { 0 };
> + struct rzv2h_pll_div_pars dsi_params;
> + const struct clk_div_table *div;
> + unsigned int i = 0;
> + u64 freq_millihz;
> +
> + for (div = dsi_div->dtable; div->div; div++) {
> + if (i >= RZT2H_MAX_LCDC_DIV_TABLES)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + table[i++] = div->div;
> + }
> +
> + freq_millihz = mul_u32_u32(req->rate, MILLI);
> +
> + if (!rzv2h_cpg_get_pll_divs_pars(pll_clk->limits, &dsi_params, table,
> + i, freq_millihz)) {
> + dev_err(dsi_div->dev,
> + "LCDC divider failed to determine rate for req->rate: %lu\n",
> + req->rate);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + req->rate = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(dsi_params.div.freq_millihz, MILLI);
> + req->best_parent_rate = req->rate * dsi_params.div.divider_value;
> + dsi_div->divider = dsi_params.div.divider_value;
> + pll_clk->cur_rate = req->best_parent_rate;
> + pll_clk->pll_parameters = dsi_params.pll;
[Severity: High]
Does modifying dsi_div->divider, pll_clk->cur_rate, and
pll_clk->pll_parameters here violate the stateless design of CCF rate queries?
Similar to r9a09g077_cpg_pll3_determine_rate(), could speculative queries
corrupt the internal state of both this driver and its grandparent's PLL?
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
[ ... ]
> +static struct clk * __init
> +r9a09g077_cpg_lcdc_div_clk_register(struct device *dev,
> + const struct cpg_core_clk *core,
> + void __iomem *addr,
> + struct cpg_mssr_pub *pub)
> +{
> + struct r9a09g077_lcdc_div_clk *clk_hw_data;
> + struct clk **clks = pub->clks;
> + struct clk_init_data init;
[Severity: Critical]
Is it intentional that the struct clk_init_data init variable is allocated
on the stack without being zero-initialized (e.g., struct clk_init_data
init = {};)?
Will unassigned fields like parent_data and parent_hws contain random stack
garbage, causing the framework to attempt to dereference them in
devm_clk_hw_register() and resulting in a panic?
> + const struct clk *parent;
> + const char *parent_name;
> + struct clk_hw *hw;
> + int ret;
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260609105924.962573-1-prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com?part=5
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-09 11:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-09 10:59 [PATCH v2 0/5] Add PLL3 and LCDC_CLKD support for RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H Prabhakar
2026-06-09 10:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] clk: renesas: rzv2h-cpg: Use per-SoC PLL reference frequency for calculations Prabhakar
2026-06-09 11:15 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-09 10:59 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] clk: renesas: cpg-mssr: Implement dedicated MSTP delay logic for RZ/T2H LCDC and RTC Prabhakar
2026-06-09 10:59 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] dt-bindings: clock: renesas,r9a09g077/87: Add LCDC_CLKD clock ID Prabhakar
2026-06-09 10:59 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] clk: renesas: rzv2h-cpg: Extract PLL calculation math into a library Prabhakar
2026-06-09 11:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-09 10:59 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] clk: renesas: r9a09g077: Add LCDC and PLL3 clock support for RZ/T2H display pipeline Prabhakar
2026-06-09 11:11 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
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