[PATCH v2 1/2] usb: phy: add a new driver for usb3 phy

ABRAHAM, KISHON VIJAY kishon at ti.com
Fri Sep 28 19:40:59 EST 2012


Hi,

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 07:34:07PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>> +static int omap5_usb_phy_power(struct omap_usb *phy, bool on)
>> +{
>> +     u32 val;
>> +     unsigned long rate;
>> +     struct clk *sys_clk;
>> +
>> +     sys_clk = clk_get(NULL, "sys_clkin");
>> +     if (IS_ERR(sys_clk)) {
>> +             pr_err("%s: unable to get sys_clkin\n", __func__);
>> +             return -EINVAL;
>> +     }
>> +
>> +     rate = clk_get_rate(sys_clk);
>> +     rate = rate/1000000;
>> +     clk_put(sys_clk);
>
> Actually, you're supposed to hold on to the struct clk all the time your
> driver is making use of that - you're not supposed to drop it.
>
> That has several advantages: if clk_get() fails, then you're failing
> earlier on (when the driver is being probed) and when some event occurs.

Ok. Will post a patch fixing it.

Thanks
Kishon


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