[PATCH v4 01/13] iio: dac: ds4424: reject -128 RAW value

From: Oleksij Rempel

Date: Tue Feb 03 2026 - 04:35:10 EST


The DS442x DAC uses sign-magnitude encoding, so -128 cannot be represented
in hardware (7-bit magnitude).

Previously, passing -128 resulted in a truncated value that programmed
0mA (magnitude 0) instead of the expected maximum negative current,
effectively failing silently.

Reject -128 to avoid producing the wrong current.

Fixes: d632a2bd8ffc ("iio: dac: ds4422/ds4424 dac driver")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
changes v4:
- Restore v1 implementation: Keep this patch as a minimal fix suitable
for stable backports
- Move the refactoring (bitwise operations and GENMASK usage) to a
separate follow-up patch.
changes v3:
- (Merged into refactoring patch in v3, now split again)
---
drivers/iio/dac/ds4424.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/dac/ds4424.c b/drivers/iio/dac/ds4424.c
index a8198ba4f98a..059acca45f64 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/dac/ds4424.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/dac/ds4424.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int ds4424_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,

switch (mask) {
case IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW:
- if (val < S8_MIN || val > S8_MAX)
+ if (val <= S8_MIN || val > S8_MAX)
return -EINVAL;

if (val > 0) {
--
2.47.3