Re: [PATCH v7 5/5] iio: adc: ad799x: convert to fully managed resources and drop remove()

From: David Lechner

Date: Sat Apr 04 2026 - 12:09:43 EST


On 4/3/26 3:06 AM, Archit Anant wrote:
> Convert the driver's remaining manual resource management to use the
> devm_ infrastructure, allowing for the complete removal of the
> ad799x_remove() function and the simplification of the probe error paths.
>
> Specifically:
> - Initialize the mutex using devm_mutex_init() and move it to the top
> of probe() (before IRQ registration) to prevent a race condition where
> an interrupt could attempt to take an uninitialized lock.
> - Use devm_add_action_or_reset() to ensure that the VCC and VREF
> regulators are disabled safely and in the correct order during driver
> teardown or probe failure.
> - Refactor the optional VREF error handling path for better readability.
> - Convert iio_triggered_buffer_setup() and iio_device_register() to
> their devm_ variants.
>
> Because all resources are now managed by the devm core, the unwinding
> order is guaranteed to follow the reverse order of allocation. All manual
> error handling goto labels in ad799x_probe() have been removed.
>
> Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Archit Anant <architanant5@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
> index e37bb64edd2b..9170109d64ef 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
> @@ -775,6 +775,11 @@ static const struct ad799x_chip_info ad799x_chip_info_tbl[] = {
> },
> };
>
> +static void ad799x_reg_disable(void *reg)
> +{
> + regulator_disable(reg);
> +}
> +
> static int ad799x_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> {
> struct device *dev = &client->dev;
> @@ -793,6 +798,9 @@ static int ad799x_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
> st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> /* this is only used for device removal purposes */
> i2c_set_clientdata(client, indio_dev);

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> + ret = devm_mutex_init(dev, &st->lock);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
>