From: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@gmail.com>

The Device Tree binding defines the extclk clock as an optional
property, but the driver currently uses devm_clk_get() and manually
handles the absence of the clock.

Use devm_clk_get_optional() to match the binding and simplify the
optional clock handling. This also propagates errors other than the
absence of the optional clock, including -EPROBE_DEFER.

This changes the existing behavior for errors other than
-EPROBE_DEFER. RFC to discuss whether these errors should cause probe
to fail rather than being treated as an unavailable optional clock.

Fixes: 90eb6b59d311 ("ASoC: pxa-ssp: add support for an external clock in devicetree")
Signed-off-by: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@gmail.com>
---
 sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c b/sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c
index f8054c1c59fa..3a0abcb0bfbd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c
@@ -769,13 +769,10 @@ static int pxa_ssp_probe(struct snd_soc_dai *dai)
 			goto err_priv;
 		}
 
-		priv->extclk = devm_clk_get(dev, "extclk");
+		priv->extclk = devm_clk_get_optional(dev, "extclk");
 		if (IS_ERR(priv->extclk)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(priv->extclk);
-			if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-				goto err_priv;
-
-			priv->extclk = NULL;
+			goto err_priv;
 		}
 	} else {
 		priv->ssp = pxa_ssp_request(dai->id + 1, "SoC audio");
-- 
2.43.0

On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:09:49 +0700, phucduc.bui@gmail.com wrote:
> ASoC: pxa: Use devm_clk_get_optional() for extclk clock

Applied to

   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound.git for-7.3

Thanks!

[1/1] ASoC: pxa: Use devm_clk_get_optional() for extclk clock
      https://git.kernel.org/broonie/sound/c/6ec64d757af9

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