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Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] phy: ti-pipe3: Fix ignored clock enable return value in init

From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Date: 2026-09-09 11:46:23

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Clock enable count leak on race condition error path during SATA lock check in ti_pipe3_init()
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commit 6767d03245555c6eb67e9613e47d287d39988b18
Author: Hongling Zeng [off-list ref]

phy: ti-pipe3: Fix ignored clock enable return value in init

ti_pipe3_init() ignores the return value of ti_pipe3_enable_clocks(),
which can lead to unclocked hardware access and unbalanced clock disables.
Fix this by checking the return value and returning early if it fails.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
index b5543b5c674c8..0e3bc92187338 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
@@ -498,9 +498,12 @@ static int ti_pipe3_init(struct phy *x)
 {
 	struct ti_pipe3 *phy = phy_get_drvdata(x);
 	u32 val;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ti_pipe3_enable_clocks(phy);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
-	ti_pipe3_enable_clocks(phy);
 	/*
 	 * Set pcie_pcs register to 0x96 for proper functioning of phy
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but further down in this function, does this
leak the clock enable count on a race condition error path?

If ti_pipe3_dpll_wait_lock() fails due to a timeout (returning -EBUSY), but
the DPLL locks immediately after, (val & PLL_LOCK) will evaluate to true.

For SATA mode, it then returns the stale -EBUSY error without disabling the
clocks:

drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c:ti_pipe3_init() {
    ...
	if (val & PLL_IDLE) {
		val &= ~PLL_IDLE;
		ti_pipe3_writel(phy->pll_ctrl_base, PLL_CONFIGURATION2, val);
		ret = ti_pipe3_dpll_wait_lock(phy);
	}

	/* SATA has issues if re-programmed when locked */
	val = ti_pipe3_readl(phy->pll_ctrl_base, PLL_STATUS);
	if ((val & PLL_LOCK) && phy->mode == PIPE3_MODE_SATA)
		return ret;
    ...
}

While this requires specific hardware timings or delays (like high load or
preemption) allowing the timeout to expire just before the lock succeeds, it
remains a structural leak on this failure path.

Should this failure path also call ti_pipe3_disable_clocks() before returning
an error, similar to the other error paths in this function?

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