Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: ad7606_spi: add offload scan mask check

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 04:41:58PM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
> Validate the scan mask when SPI offloading is being used.
> 
> Since this family of ADCs is simultaneous sampling, there isn't a way
> to selectively disable channels when reading sample data. (Technically,
> AD7616 has a sequencer so could have some control, but that is for
> another day).
> 
> For "regular" IIO triggered buffer reads, this isn't a problem and the
> IIO core will demux the data and ignore data from disabled channels.
> However, since SPI offloading is done completely in hardware, we don't
> have a way to do the same. So before this patch, if less than all
> channels were enabled, the data would be misplaced in the buffer.
> 
> By adding a check in update_scan_mode, we can fail to enable the buffer
> instead of having bad data returned to userspace.

...

> +static int ad7606_spi_update_scan_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
> +				       const unsigned long *scan_mask)
> +{
> +	struct ad7606_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> +
> +	if (st->offload_en) {
> +		DECLARE_BITMAP(bitmap, AD760X_MAX_CHANNELS);
> +
> +		bitmap_fill(bitmap, AD760X_MAX_CHANNELS);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * SPI offload requires that all channels are enabled since
> +		 * there isn't a way to selectively disable channels that get
> +		 * read (this is simultaneous sampling ADC) and the DMA buffer
> +		 * has no way of demuxing the data to filter out unwanted
> +		 * channels.
> +		 */
> +		if (!bitmap_equal(bitmap, scan_mask,
> +				  st->chip_info->num_adc_channels))
> +			return -EINVAL;


No need to have the local variable, just make sure that bitmap_weigth(FOO) == FOO.

	if (... && bitmap_weight(FOO) != FOO)
		return -EINVAL;

> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko