[PATCH v2] gpio: pca953x: use regmap_update_bits() to improve efficiency

From: Hugo Villeneuve
Date: Mon Jul 14 2025 - 09:39:49 EST


From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Using regmap_update_bits() allows to reduce the number of I2C transfers
when updating bits that haven't changed on non-volatile registers.

For example on a PCAL6416, when changing a GPIO direction from input to
output, the number of I2C transfers can be reduced from 4 to just 1 if
the pull resistors configuration hasn't changed and the output value
is the same as before.

Signed-off-by: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
V1 -> V2: rebase on gpio/for-next
---
drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
index f5184860bd89f..169877e59da9d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
@@ -611,9 +611,9 @@ static int pca953x_gpio_direction_input(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned off)
guard(mutex)(&chip->i2c_lock);

if (PCA_CHIP_TYPE(chip->driver_data) == TCA6418_TYPE)
- return regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, dirreg, bit, 0);
+ return regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, dirreg, bit, 0);

- return regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, dirreg, bit, bit);
+ return regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, dirreg, bit, bit);
}

static int pca953x_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *gc,
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static int pca953x_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *gc,
guard(mutex)(&chip->i2c_lock);

/* set output level */
- ret = regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, outreg, bit, val ? bit : 0);
+ ret = regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, outreg, bit, val ? bit : 0);
if (ret)
return ret;

@@ -637,9 +637,9 @@ static int pca953x_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *gc,
* (in/out logic is inverted on TCA6418)
*/
if (PCA_CHIP_TYPE(chip->driver_data) == TCA6418_TYPE)
- return regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, dirreg, bit, bit);
+ return regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, dirreg, bit, bit);

- return regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, dirreg, bit, 0);
+ return regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, dirreg, bit, 0);
}

static int pca953x_gpio_get_value(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned off)
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static int pca953x_gpio_set_value(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int off,

guard(mutex)(&chip->i2c_lock);

- return regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, outreg, bit, val ? bit : 0);
+ return regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, outreg, bit, val ? bit : 0);
}

static int pca953x_gpio_get_direction(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned off)
@@ -751,9 +751,9 @@ static int pca953x_gpio_set_pull_up_down(struct pca953x_chip *chip,

/* Configure pull-up/pull-down */
if (param == PIN_CONFIG_BIAS_PULL_UP)
- ret = regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, pull_sel_reg, bit, bit);
+ ret = regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, pull_sel_reg, bit, bit);
else if (param == PIN_CONFIG_BIAS_PULL_DOWN)
- ret = regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, pull_sel_reg, bit, 0);
+ ret = regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, pull_sel_reg, bit, 0);
else
ret = 0;
if (ret)
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ static int pca953x_gpio_set_pull_up_down(struct pca953x_chip *chip,

/* Disable/Enable pull-up/pull-down */
if (param == PIN_CONFIG_BIAS_DISABLE)
- return regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, pull_en_reg, bit, 0);
+ return regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, pull_en_reg, bit, 0);
else
- return regmap_write_bits(chip->regmap, pull_en_reg, bit, bit);
+ return regmap_update_bits(chip->regmap, pull_en_reg, bit, bit);
}

static int pca953x_gpio_set_config(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int offset,

base-commit: e502df58b5e3767c00e887744b6eff43b7fde3ea
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2.39.5