vdec_probe() hardcodes -EPROBE_DEFER for all devm_clk_get() failures.
This masks the actual error code returned by the clock framework, such
as -ENOENT when a clock is not registered or -ENOMEM on allocation
failure.

Return PTR_ERR() instead to propagate the real error to the caller.

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alfie Varghese <alfievarghese22@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c
index a039d925c0fe..fba1e7f88d81 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c
@@ -1026,24 +1026,24 @@ static int vdec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	    core->platform->revision == VDEC_REVISION_SM1) {
 		core->vdec_hevcf_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "vdec_hevcf");
 		if (IS_ERR(core->vdec_hevcf_clk))
-			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			return PTR_ERR(core->vdec_hevcf_clk);
 	}
 
 	core->dos_parser_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "dos_parser");
 	if (IS_ERR(core->dos_parser_clk))
-		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		return PTR_ERR(core->dos_parser_clk);
 
 	core->dos_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "dos");
 	if (IS_ERR(core->dos_clk))
-		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		return PTR_ERR(core->dos_clk);
 
 	core->vdec_1_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "vdec_1");
 	if (IS_ERR(core->vdec_1_clk))
-		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		return PTR_ERR(core->vdec_1_clk);
 
 	core->vdec_hevc_clk = devm_clk_get(dev, "vdec_hevc");
 	if (IS_ERR(core->vdec_hevc_clk))
-		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		return PTR_ERR(core->vdec_hevc_clk);
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, "vdec");
 	if (irq < 0)
-- 
2.54.0.windows.1

On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 08:35:58AM +0530, Alfie Varghese wrote:
> vdec_probe() hardcodes -EPROBE_DEFER for all devm_clk_get() failures.
> This masks the actual error code returned by the clock framework, such
> as -ENOENT when a clock is not registered or -ENOMEM on allocation
> failure.
> 
> Return PTR_ERR() instead to propagate the real error to the caller.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alfie Varghese <alfievarghese22@gmail.com>
> ---

There is supposed to be a note here under the --- cut off line which
says what changed.  Did you resend just to add my Reviewed-by line?

No need for that.

regards,
dan carpenter