[PATCH v4 2/2] phy: ti-pipe3: Fix EPROBE_DEFER handling for clock resources
From: Hongling Zeng
Date: Sun May 17 2026 - 22:16:30 EST
ti_pipe3_get_clk() has two issues with -EPROBE_DEFER error handling:
1. When devm_clk_get() for sysclk fails, the function returns -EINVAL
instead of propagating the actual error code. This masks -EPROBE_DEFER
to -EINVAL, breaking the probe deferral mechanism and causing permanent
driver initialization failure on systems with non-deterministic probe
ordering.
2. For SATA PHY refclk, the function ignores all errors to support older
DTBs missing the refclk property. However, this incorrectly ignores
-EPROBE_DEFER as well, causing the driver to proceed without waiting
for the clock provider to become available.
Fix both issues:
- Return PTR_ERR(phy->sys_clk) instead of -EINVAL to propagate all
error codes including -EPROBE_DEFER
- For SATA refclk, only ignore -ENOENT (clock not found in old DTBs)
but propagate other errors like -EPROBE_DEFER
Fixes: a70143bbef6b ("drivers: phy: usb3/pipe3: Adapt pipe3 driver to Generic PHY Framework")
Fixes: 7f33912d2978 ("phy: ti-pipe3: Fix SATA across suspend/resume")
Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Change in v4:
- Merge refclk leak fix and EPROBE_DEFER fix into a single patch
- Use devm_clk_get_optional() for SATA refclk
- Drop manual -ENOENT handling
- Ensure error paths are fully symmetric
---
drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
index 58fbc3b27813..e0ab7d21e99c 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-ti-pipe3.c
@@ -605,14 +605,21 @@ static int ti_pipe3_get_clk(struct ti_pipe3 *phy)
struct clk *clk;
struct device *dev = phy->dev;
- phy->refclk = devm_clk_get(dev, "refclk");
+ /*
+ * refclk is optional for SATA PHY to support older DTBs, but
+ * required for other modes. Use devm_clk_get_optional() for SATA
+ * which returns NULL for -ENOENT, allowing us to propagate all
+ * other errors including -EPROBE_DEFER.
+ */
+ if (phy->mode == PIPE3_MODE_SATA) {
+ phy->refclk = devm_clk_get_optional(dev, "refclk");
+ } else {
+ phy->refclk = devm_clk_get(dev, "refclk");
+ }
+
if (IS_ERR(phy->refclk)) {
dev_err(dev, "unable to get refclk\n");
- /* older DTBs have missing refclk in SATA PHY
- * so don't bail out in case of SATA PHY.
- */
- if (phy->mode != PIPE3_MODE_SATA)
- return PTR_ERR(phy->refclk);
+ return PTR_ERR(phy->refclk);
}
if (phy->mode != PIPE3_MODE_SATA) {
@@ -629,7 +636,7 @@ static int ti_pipe3_get_clk(struct ti_pipe3 *phy)
phy->sys_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "sysclk");
if (IS_ERR(phy->sys_clk)) {
dev_err(dev, "unable to get sysclk\n");
- return -EINVAL;
+ return PTR_ERR(phy->sys_clk);
}
}
--
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