[PATCH] clk: versaclock: Fix incorrect error check in versaclock_probe()

Kuan-Wei Chiu visitorckw at gmail.com
Tue Apr 7 12:43:37 CEST 2026


On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 01:40:39PM -0500, Sean Anderson wrote:
> On 12/12/25 13:06, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > The error check during the registration of FODs is incorrect. The code
> > currently checks IS_ERR(pll_name) immediately after assigning
> > fod_name[n].
> >
> > Since pll_name is checked in a previous block, this condition will
> > always be false, causing any allocation failure in
> > versaclock_get_name() for fod_name to be ignored. This could lead
> > to usage of an invalid pointer.
> >
> > Fix the condition to check fod_name[n] instead.
> >
> > Fixes: dcf2cee77f2d ("clk: clk_versaclock: Add support for versaclock driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/clk/clk_versaclock.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk_versaclock.c b/drivers/clk/clk_versaclock.c
> > index 19a787eaf0c..1dbde75f180 100644
> > --- a/drivers/clk/clk_versaclock.c
> > +++ b/drivers/clk/clk_versaclock.c
> > @@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ int versaclock_probe(struct udevice *dev)
> >       /* Register FODs */
> >       for (n = 0; n < vc5->chip_info->clk_fod_cnt; n++) {
> >               fod_name[n] = versaclock_get_name(dev->name, "fod", n);
> > -             if (IS_ERR(pll_name)) {
> > +             if (IS_ERR(fod_name[n])) {
> >                       ret = PTR_ERR(fod_name[n]);
> >                       goto free_fod;
> >               }
> 
> Reviewed-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson at seco.com>
> 
Thanks for the review!

Just a gentle ping on this patch from last December.
It looks like it might have slipped through the cracks.

Regards,
Kuan-Wei


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