[PATCH v2 RESEND] iio: accel: adxl345: update period cache after successful write

From: Wenqiang Zhao via B4 Relay

Date: Sun Oct 18 2026 - 09:41:58 EST


From: Wenqiang Zhao <berringtoni36@xxxxxxxxx>

The ADXL345 event-period read path returns st->inact_time_ms. The setters
for inactivity, free-fall and the ODR-derived default currently update
this cache before writing TIME_INACT or TIME_FF. If the regmap write
fails, the sysfs write reports an error but a subsequent read returns
the requested period even though it was not programmed.

Update the cached period only after the corresponding regmap write
succeeds.

Fixes: 8a1536cc4a1c ("iio: accel: adxl345: add inactivity feature")
Fixes: f6f22950d925 ("iio: accel: adxl345: extend inactivity time for less than 1s")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Wenqiang Zhao <berringtoni36@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Resend: unchanged code; submitted via b4 web submission to avoid delivery-time wrapping.

v2:
- Keep Fixes: tags on a single line (Nuno)
- Use a Latin-script name in From: and Signed-off-by: (Nuno)
- Drop the long validation notes; build-tested only, not tested on hardware

The missing serialization between concurrent sysfs callers that Nuno
pointed out is a separate issue and will be addressed in a follow-up
patch.

drivers/iio/accel/adxl345_core.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl345_core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl345_core.c
index 6c9080d..cd58304 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl345_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl345_core.c
@@ -391,30 +391,47 @@ static int adxl345_set_default_time(struct adxl345_state *st)
odr = FIELD_GET(ADXL345_BW_RATE_MSK, regval);
val = clamp(max_boundary - adxl345_odr_tbl[odr][0],
min_boundary, max_boundary);
- st->inact_time_ms = MILLI * val;

/* Inactivity time in s */
- return regmap_write(st->regmap, ADXL345_REG_TIME_INACT, val);
+ ret = regmap_write(st->regmap, ADXL345_REG_TIME_INACT, val);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ st->inact_time_ms = MILLI * val;
+
+ return 0;
}

static int adxl345_set_inactivity_time(struct adxl345_state *st, u32 val_int)
{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = regmap_write(st->regmap, ADXL345_REG_TIME_INACT, val_int);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
st->inact_time_ms = MILLI * val_int;

- return regmap_write(st->regmap, ADXL345_REG_TIME_INACT, val_int);
+ return 0;
}

static int adxl345_set_freefall_time(struct adxl345_state *st, u32 val_fract)
{
+ int ret;
+
/*
* Datasheet max. value is 255 * 5000 us = 1.275000 seconds.
*
* Recommended values between 100ms and 350ms (0x14 to 0x46)
*/
+ ret = regmap_write(st->regmap, ADXL345_REG_TIME_FF,
+ DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(val_fract, 5));
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
st->inact_time_ms = DIV_ROUND_UP(val_fract, MILLI);

- return regmap_write(st->regmap, ADXL345_REG_TIME_FF,
- DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(val_fract, 5));
+ return 0;
}

/**

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