From: Brian Masney <bmasney@redhat.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Andrew Jeffery <andrew@codeconstruct.com.au>,
Avi Fishman <avifishman70@gmail.com>,
Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@gmail.com>,
Tali Perry <tali.perry1@gmail.com>,
Patrick Venture <venture@google.com>,
Nancy Yuen <yuenn@google.com>,
Benjamin Fair <benjaminfair@google.com>,
linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org, openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-clk@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] rtc: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:24:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aoxiM3te751QfPJn@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1787241693.git.geert+renesas@glider.be>
On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 12:09:01PM +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 RTC 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 15:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 10:09 [PATCH 0/5] rtc: Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-21 10:09 ` [PATCH 1/5] rtc: hym8563: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-21 10:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-21 10:09 ` [PATCH 2/5] rtc: m41t80: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-21 10:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-21 10:09 ` [PATCH 3/5] rtc: nct3018y: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-21 10:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-21 10:09 ` [PATCH 4/5] rtc: philips: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-21 10:45 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-21 10:09 ` [PATCH 5/5] rtc: microcrystal: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-08-21 10:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-23 19:50 ` [PATCH 0/5] rtc: " Alexandre Belloni
2026-08-24 15:24 ` Brian Masney [this message]
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