From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
To: Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com>
Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>,
linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Biju Das <biju.das.jz@bp.renesas.com>,
Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro.jz@renesas.com>,
Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] rtc: rzn1: Handle EPROBE_DEFER for optional pps interrupt
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:55:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ajJu-f7VB7XSTPcu@shikoro> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260615154805.1619693-3-prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
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Hi,
Sashiko found issues with your patch. I curated the list and agree. I
think, in probe(), 'rate' should be initialized to 32768 and 'sync_time'
should be calculated unconditionally.
Thank you and happy hacking,
Wolfram
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [High] If the optional 'xtal' clock is not present, `rtc->sync_time` remains 0, causing `readl_poll_timeout` to use a 0 timeout (infinite wait) and `usleep_range` to use a 0 delay.
> --
>
> commit 5d75a1049c228d2049afaf29833f1b2f212837d4
> Author: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com>
> Subject: rtc: rzn1: Handle EPROBE_DEFER for optional pps interrupt
>
> This commit checks for -EPROBE_DEFER from platform_get_irq_byname_optional()
> and handles the deferred probe request properly. It intercepts this specific
> error condition, assigns it to the return value, and jumps to the
> dis_runtime_pm label to avoid ignoring a valid probe deferral.
>
> Fixes: eea7791e00f33 ("rtc: rzn1: implement one-second accuracy for alarms")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rzn1.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rzn1.c
> > index c4ed437354574..f81d691c8b9a2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rzn1.c
> > +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rzn1.c
> > @@ -465,6 +465,10 @@ static int rzn1_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > }
> >
> > irq = platform_get_irq_byname_optional(pdev, "pps");
> > + if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> > + ret = irq;
> > + goto dis_runtime_pm;
> > + }
> > if (irq >= 0)
> > ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, rzn1_rtc_1s_irq, 0, "RZN1 RTC 1s", rtc);
>
> [Severity: High]
> If the optional xtal clock is not present, does rtc->sync_time remain 0,
> causing readl_poll_timeout() to use a 0 timeout (infinite wait) and
> usleep_range() to use a 0 delay?
>
> devm_clk_get_optional() returns NULL if the clock is absent in the device
> tree, skipping the calculation:
>
> drivers/rtc/rtc-rzn1.c:rzn1_rtc_probe() {
> ...
> xtal = devm_clk_get_optional(dev, "xtal");
> if (IS_ERR(xtal)) {
> ...
> } else if (xtal) {
> rate = clk_get_rate(xtal);
> ...
> rtc->sync_time = DIV_ROUND_UP(2 * NSEC_PER_MSEC, rate);
> }
> ...
> ret = readl_poll_timeout(rtc->base + RZN1_RTC_CTL0, val,
> !(val & RZN1_RTC_CTL0_CEST), rtc->sync_time,
> rtc->sync_time * 2);
> ...
> }
>
> In include/linux/iopoll.h, a timeout_us of 0 skips the timeout check
> entirely, which could lead to a tight infinite loop and a kernel hard lockup
> if the hardware fails to clear the CEST bit.
>
> Additionally, rtc->sync_time being 0 causes usleep_range(0, 100) in
> rzn1_rtc_set_time(), which may return almost immediately and violate the
> hardware's explicit 2-clock-cycle delay requirement (previously hardcoded to
> 61us).
>
> This regression was introduced by the commit 'rtc: rzn1: Dynamically
> calculate synchronization delay based on clock rate' later in this series.
>
> --
> Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260615154805.1619693-1-prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com?part=2
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-17 9:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-15 15:47 [PATCH 00/12] Add RTC support for Renesas RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs Prabhakar
2026-06-15 15:47 ` [PATCH 01/12] dt-bindings: rtc: renesas,rzn1-rtc: Add RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H support Prabhakar
2026-06-15 16:22 ` Conor Dooley
2026-06-17 9:38 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:47 ` [PATCH 02/12] rtc: rzn1: Handle EPROBE_DEFER for optional pps interrupt Prabhakar
2026-06-17 9:55 ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2026-06-15 15:47 ` [PATCH 03/12] rtc: rzn1: Fix malformed MODULE_AUTHOR string Prabhakar
2026-06-17 7:19 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-06-17 9:55 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:47 ` [PATCH 04/12] rtc: Kconfig: Broaden RTC_DRV_RZN1 dependency to ARCH_RENESAS Prabhakar
2026-06-17 9:57 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:47 ` [PATCH 05/12] rtc: rzn1: Add system suspend/resume support and wakeup capability Prabhakar
2026-06-17 10:02 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:47 ` [PATCH 06/12] rtc: rzn1: Sort headers alphabetically Prabhakar
2026-06-17 7:22 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-06-17 10:04 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:48 ` [PATCH 07/12] rtc: rzn1: fix alarm range check truncation on 32-bit systems Prabhakar
2026-06-17 7:29 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-06-17 10:49 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-17 10:57 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:48 ` [PATCH 08/12] rtc: rzn1: Dynamically calculate synchronization delay based on clock rate Prabhakar
2026-06-17 10:58 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:48 ` [PATCH 09/12] rtc: rzn1: Use temporary variable for struct device Prabhakar
2026-06-17 11:00 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-17 11:08 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:48 ` [PATCH 10/12] rtc: rzn1: Consistently use dev_err_probe() Prabhakar
2026-06-17 7:24 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-06-17 11:01 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:48 ` [PATCH 11/12] rtc: rzn1: use FIELD_PREP/FIELD_GET and GENMASK for register access Prabhakar
2026-06-17 11:06 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-15 15:48 ` [PATCH 12/12] rtc: rzn1: Add support for Renesas RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs Prabhakar
2026-06-17 11:10 ` Wolfram Sang
2026-06-17 9:18 ` [PATCH 00/12] Add RTC " Wolfram Sang
2026-06-17 11:12 ` Wolfram Sang
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