Hi, On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html