[PATCH v2] iio: adc: npcm: fix unbalanced clk_disable_unprepare()

David Carlier
2026-04-14T09:59:34Z

The driver acquired the ADC clock with devm_clk_get() and read its
rate, but never called clk_prepare_enable(). The probe error path and
npcm_adc_remove() both called clk_disable_unprepare() unconditionally,
causing the clk framework's enable/prepare counts to underflow on
probe failure or module unbind.

The issue went unnoticed because NPCM BMC firmware leaves the ADC
clock enabled at boot, so the driver happened to work in practice.

Switch to devm_clk_get_enabled() so the clock is properly enabled
during probe and automatically released by the device-managed
cleanup, and drop the now-redundant clk_disable_unprepare() from
both the probe error path and remove().

Fixes: 9bf85fbc9d8f ("iio: adc: add NPCM ADC driver")
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
v2: drop redundant dev_err() on devm_request_irq() failure since the
IRQ core already logs it, and remove the now-single-statement
braces (Andy Shevchenko).

drivers/iio/adc/npcm_adc.c | 21 +++++++--------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/npcm_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/npcm_adc.c
index ddabb9600d46..8afa20701756 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/npcm_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/npcm_adc.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static int npcm_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (IS_ERR(info->reset))
return PTR_ERR(info->reset);

- info->adc_clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
+ info->adc_clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(&pdev->dev, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(info->adc_clk)) {
dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "ADC clock failed: can't read clk\n");
return PTR_ERR(info->adc_clk);
@@ -244,17 +244,13 @@ static int npcm_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
info->adc_sample_hz = clk_get_rate(info->adc_clk) / ((div + 1) * 2);

irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
- if (irq < 0) {
- ret = irq;
- goto err_disable_clk;
- }
+ if (irq < 0)
+ return irq;

ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, npcm_adc_isr, 0,
"NPCM_ADC", indio_dev);
- if (ret < 0) {
- dev_err(dev, "failed requesting interrupt\n");
- goto err_disable_clk;
- }
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;

reg_con = ioread32(info->regs + NPCM_ADCCON);
info->vref = devm_regulator_get_optional(&pdev->dev, "vref");
@@ -262,7 +258,7 @@ static int npcm_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ret = regulator_enable(info->vref);
if (ret) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't enable ADC reference voltage\n");
- goto err_disable_clk;
+ return ret;
}

iowrite32(reg_con & ~NPCM_ADCCON_REFSEL,
@@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ static int npcm_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
*/
if (PTR_ERR(info->vref) != -ENODEV) {
ret = PTR_ERR(info->vref);
- goto err_disable_clk;
+ return ret;
}

/* Use internal reference */
@@ -314,8 +310,6 @@ static int npcm_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
iowrite32(reg_con & ~NPCM_ADCCON_ADC_EN, info->regs + NPCM_ADCCON);
if (!IS_ERR(info->vref))
regulator_disable(info->vref);
-err_disable_clk:
- clk_disable_unprepare(info->adc_clk);

return ret;
}
@@ -332,7 +326,6 @@ static void npcm_adc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
iowrite32(regtemp & ~NPCM_ADCCON_ADC_EN, info->regs + NPCM_ADCCON);
if (!IS_ERR(info->vref))
regulator_disable(info->vref);
- clk_disable_unprepare(info->adc_clk);
}

static struct platform_driver npcm_adc_driver = {
--
2.53.0