Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: add missing clk_put()

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On 18/07/2023 10:55, sunran001@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> This patch fixes the following Coccinelle error:
>
> ./drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c:854:2-8: ERROR: missing clk_put;
> clk_get on line 849 and execution via conditional on line 853
>
> Signed-off-by: Ran Sun <sunran001@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c 
> b/drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c
> index 55e82d0bf92d..7353b683952d 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/bcm63xx_uart.c
> @@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ static int bcm_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>           clk = of_clk_get(pdev->dev.of_node, 0);
>
>       if (IS_ERR(clk))
> +        clk_put(clk);

No!

First, calling clk_put() on the error pointer is incorrect. This will 
throw a warning in __clk_put(), but generally passing an error pointer 
to another function can cause different kinds of breakage.

Second, you have added the line, but this also moved the return 
statement out of the if condition. This way all bcm_uart_probe() calls 
will end up with -ENODEV return value.

Please stop blindly fixing the coccinelle warnings. Take care to read 
and understand the code.

>           return -ENODEV;
>
>       port->iotype = UPIO_MEM;

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With best wishes
Dmitry