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

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 10:59:29AM +0100, David Carlier wrote:
> 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().

Also need to mention the message drop here.

"While at it, drop the duplicate error message on ..."

> 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).

...

>  		if (PTR_ERR(info->vref) != -ENODEV) {
>  			ret = PTR_ERR(info->vref);
> -			goto err_disable_clk;
> +			return ret;

Now it's simply

			return PTR_ERR(info->vref);

>  		}

...

With those two being addressed, feel free to add
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko