[PATCH v5 3/4] iio: adc: ad799x: cache regulator voltages during probe

From: Archit Anant

Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 05:35:43 EST


Reading the regulator voltage via regulator_get_voltage() can be a slow
operation. Since the reference voltages for this ADC are not expected to
change at runtime, it is inefficient to query the regulator API every
time userspace reads the IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE attribute.

Determine the active reference voltage (either VREF or VCC) during
probe() and cache it in the state structure. This improves the
performance of ad799x_read_raw() and removes the dependency on the
regulator pointers during fast-path reads.

Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Archit Anant <architanant5@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
index 7504bcf627da..ae2ad4bd37cc 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/units.h>

#include <linux/iio/iio.h>
#include <linux/iio/sysfs.h>
@@ -135,6 +136,9 @@ struct ad799x_state {
u16 config;

unsigned int transfer_size;
+
+ int vref_uV;
+
IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS(__be16, rx_buf, AD799X_MAX_CHANNELS);
};

@@ -302,14 +306,7 @@ static int ad799x_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
GENMASK(chan->scan_type.realbits - 1, 0);
return IIO_VAL_INT;
case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE:
- if (st->vref)
- ret = regulator_get_voltage(st->vref);
- else
- ret = regulator_get_voltage(st->reg);
-
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
- *val = ret / 1000;
+ *val = st->vref_uV / MILLI;
*val2 = chan->scan_type.realbits;
return IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL_LOG2;
}
@@ -828,9 +825,20 @@ static int ad799x_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
ret = regulator_enable(st->vref);
if (ret)
goto error_disable_reg;
+ ret = regulator_get_voltage(st->vref);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto error_disable_vref;
+ st->vref_uV = ret;
}
}

+ if (!st->vref) {
+ ret = regulator_get_voltage(st->reg);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto error_disable_reg;
+ st->vref_uV = ret;
+ }
+
st->client = client;

indio_dev->name = id->name;
--
2.39.5