Re: [PATCH treewide 3/5] hwmon: (ltc4282) Make sure clk_init_data is fully initialized
Brian Masney <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 09:05:17PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The clk_init_data structure contains several mutually-exclusive members
> for different methods to specify the possible parents of a clock,
> prompting drivers to initialize only the members they need. However,
> not initializing all members may cause subtle issues, which are only
> exposed when CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN or CONFIG_INIT_STACK_NONE is
> enabled.
>
> ltc428_clk_provider_setup() does not fill in any parent clocks, and
> assumes that init.num_parents is NULL. However, the latter in
> uninitialized, and thus may cause a crash.
>
> Make sure all members are fully initialized, to fix such bugs, and to
> avoid future breakage when converting drivers to a different method for
> specifying the parents.
>
> Fixes: cbc29538dbf7d740 ("hwmon: Add driver for LTC4282")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Brian Masney <[email protected]>