[PATCH] hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) detect unconnected physical sensors

From: Eugene Shalygin

Date: Sat Jul 11 2026 - 05:59:37 EST


When there is no temperature sensor connected, reading EC register
returns one of the special values (-62, -60, -40). Test for them
and return -ENODATA to hwmon.

Signed-off-by: Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwmon/asus-ec-sensors.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/asus-ec-sensors.c b/drivers/hwmon/asus-ec-sensors.c
index 29a23484cbe7..f178570110c1 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/asus-ec-sensors.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/asus-ec-sensors.c
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ static char *mutex_path_override;
/* Moniker for the ACPI global lock (':' is not allowed in ASL identifiers) */
#define ACPI_GLOBAL_LOCK_PSEUDO_PATH ":GLOBAL_LOCK"

+/*
+ * The values for temperature sensor readings without physical sensors connected.
+ * The value varies across generations and is seemingly defined by the EC chip
+ * used in the given board.
+ */
+static s32 temperature_blank_values[] = {-62, -60, -40};
+
typedef union {
u32 value;
struct {
@@ -1291,6 +1298,17 @@ static int get_cached_value_or_update(const struct device *dev,
return 0;
}

+static bool is_blank_temperature_value(s32 value)
+{
+ size_t i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(temperature_blank_values); ++i) {
+ if (value == temperature_blank_values[i])
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
/*
* Now follow the functions that implement the hwmon interface
*/
@@ -1298,6 +1316,7 @@ static int get_cached_value_or_update(const struct device *dev,
static int asus_ec_hwmon_read(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,
u32 attr, int channel, long *val)
{
+ const struct ec_sensor_info *sensor_info;
int ret;
s32 value = 0;

@@ -1310,8 +1329,12 @@ static int asus_ec_hwmon_read(struct device *dev, enum hwmon_sensor_types type,

ret = get_cached_value_or_update(dev, sidx, state, &value);
if (!ret) {
- *val = scale_sensor_value(value,
- get_sensor_info(state, sidx)->type);
+ sensor_info = get_sensor_info(state, sidx);
+ if (sensor_info->type == hwmon_temp &&
+ is_blank_temperature_value(value)) {
+ return -ENODATA;
+ }
+ *val = scale_sensor_value(value, sensor_info->type);
}

return ret;
--
2.55.0