[PATCH RFC 2/7] i2c: mux: add idle_state property to i2c_mux_core

From: Marcus Folkesson

Date: Mon Sep 22 2025 - 02:21:45 EST


Muxes treat their channels differently when idle.
Let the mux core have this information to make it available for
internal use.
Reuse the same state values used by CONFIG_MULTIPLEXER.

Possible idle states are:
- MUX_IDLE_AS_IS: Leave channels as is when idle
- MUX_IDLE_DISCONNECT: Disconnect channel (set HiZ when idle)
- <n>: Enable channel n when idle

Default value is set to MUX_IDLE_AS_IS.

Signed-off-by: Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c | 1 +
include/linux/i2c-mux.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c
index 4d8690981a55dc0e1b35454971923791e6ed9f7f..5caa927c0caae512af029f0d1ae9b7f845ba3f6f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ struct i2c_mux_core *i2c_mux_alloc(struct i2c_adapter *parent,
muxc->select = select;
muxc->deselect = deselect;
muxc->max_adapters = max_adapters;
+ muxc->idle_state = MUX_IDLE_AS_IS;

return muxc;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c-mux.h b/include/linux/i2c-mux.h
index 1784ac7afb116ce64e9e9fca1ee127c2bbbd2fb9..9e230ad69377b74f9ec809c40ccffd95538c4595 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c-mux.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c-mux.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@

#ifdef __KERNEL__

+#include <dt-bindings/mux/mux.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>

struct i2c_mux_core {
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ struct i2c_mux_core {
unsigned int arbitrator:1;
unsigned int gate:1;

+ /*
+ * The mux controller state to use when inactive, or one
+ * of MUX_IDLE_AS_IS and MUX_IDLE_DISCONNECT.
+ */
+ int idle_state;
+
void *priv;

int (*select)(struct i2c_mux_core *, u32 chan_id);
@@ -38,6 +45,20 @@ struct i2c_mux_core *i2c_mux_alloc(struct i2c_adapter *parent,
int (*select)(struct i2c_mux_core *, u32),
int (*deselect)(struct i2c_mux_core *, u32));

+/*
+ * Mux drivers may only change idle_state, and may only do so
+ * between allocation and registration of the mux controller.
+ */
+static inline void i2c_mux_set_idle_state(struct i2c_mux_core *muxc, int state)
+{
+ muxc->idle_state = state;
+}
+
+static inline int i2c_mux_idle_state(struct i2c_mux_core *muxc)
+{
+ return muxc->idle_state;
+}
+
/* flags for i2c_mux_alloc */
#define I2C_MUX_LOCKED BIT(0)
#define I2C_MUX_ARBITRATOR BIT(1)

--
2.50.1