[PATCH v4 1/1] regmap: Synchronize cache for the page selector

From: Andy Shevchenko

Date: Wed Feb 18 2026 - 02:50:23 EST


If the selector register is represented in each page, its value
according to the debugfs is stale because it gets synchronized
only after the real page switch happens. Hence the regmap cache
initialisation from the HW inherits outdated data in the selector
register.

Synchronize cache for the page selector just in time.

Before (offset followed by hexdump, the first byte is selector):

// Real registers
18: 05 ff 00 00 ff 0f 00 00 f0 00 00 00
...
// Virtual (per port)
40: 05 ff 00 00 e0 e0 00 00 00 00 00 1f
50: 00 ff 00 00 e0 e0 00 00 00 00 00 1f
60: 01 ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 02 ff 00 00 cf f3 00 00 00 00 00 0c
80: 03 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff
90: 04 ff 00 00 ff 0f 00 00 f0 00 00 00

After:

// Real registers
18: 05 ff 00 00 ff 0f 00 00 f0 00 00 00
...
// Virtual (per port)
40: 00 ff 00 00 e0 e0 00 00 00 00 00 1f
50: 01 ff 00 00 e0 e0 00 00 00 00 00 1f
60: 02 ff 00 00 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00
70: 03 ff 00 00 cf f3 00 00 00 00 00 0c
80: 04 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff
90: 05 ff 00 00 ff 0f 00 00 f0 00 00 00

Fixes: 6863ca622759 ("regmap: Add support for register indirect addressing.")
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v4: reworked the approach completely

Marek, Dmitry,
Please, test on your HW to be sure this will have no side effects
in your case with LT9611.

drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 5d5a3e115022..1b90f00a5005 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -1525,10 +1525,18 @@ static int _regmap_select_page(struct regmap *map, unsigned int *reg,
return -EINVAL;
}

- /* It is possible to have selector register inside data window.
- In that case, selector register is located on every page and
- it needs no page switching, when accessed alone. */
+ /*
+ * It is possible to have selector register inside data window.
+ * In that case, selector register is located on every page and it
+ * needs no page switching, when accessed alone.
+ *
+ * Nevertheless we should synchronize the cache values for it.
+ * This can't be properly achieved if the selector register is
+ * the first and the only one to be read inside the data window.
+ * That's why we update it in that case as well.
+ */
if (val_num > 1 ||
+ in_range(range->selector_reg, range->window_start, range->window_len) ||
range->window_start + win_offset != range->selector_reg) {
/* Use separate work_buf during page switching */
orig_work_buf = map->work_buf;
--
2.50.1