From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-clk@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>,
Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] clk: document that clk_get_parent() returns NULL
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:50:18 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alZaumcBpsRS9tyS@stanley.mountain> (raw)
The documentation in the clk.h file says that clk_get_parent() returns
error pointers but it doesn't. It's also not consistent with the
comments next to the clk_get_parent() implementation which say that
it returns NULL when the clk is NULL. Update the comments so they
are consistent and accurate and say that it returns NULL.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/clk.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/clk.h b/include/linux/clk.h
index 998ba3f261da..aa93ce1fbf37 100644
--- a/include/linux/clk.h
+++ b/include/linux/clk.h
@@ -951,8 +951,8 @@ int clk_set_parent(struct clk *clk, struct clk *parent);
* clk_get_parent - get the parent clock source for this clock
* @clk: clock source
*
- * Returns struct clk corresponding to parent clock source, or
- * valid IS_ERR() condition containing errno.
+ * Returns struct clk corresponding to parent clock source, or NULL
+ * if clk is NULL.
*/
struct clk *clk_get_parent(struct clk *clk);
--
2.53.0
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