Re: [PATCH] iio: dac: Fix passing uninitialized vref1_uV for no Vref1 case

From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Tue Apr 14 2026 - 08:49:24 EST


On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 03:33:38PM +0300, Ariana Lazar wrote:
> Initialize vref1_uV variable to 0 before calling
> mcp47feb02_init_ch_scales() in mcp47feb02_probe() to avoid passing an
> uninitialized value when have_ext_vref1 is false.

...

> + vref1_uV = 0;
> if (chip_features->have_ext_vref1) {

I'm wondering what will happen if we do the below unconditionally?

> ret = devm_regulator_get_enable_read_voltage(dev, "vref1");

If we have no regulator, we get a dummy one, right? What is the voltage will
be? 0?

> if (ret > 0) {
> vref1_uV = ret;
> data->use_vref1 = true;
> } else {
> - vref1_uV = 0;
> dev_dbg(dev, "using internal band gap as voltage reference 1.\n");
> dev_dbg(dev, "Vref1 is unavailable.\n");
> }

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko