[PATCH v7 0/5] iio: adc: ad799x: modernize resource management

From: Archit Anant

Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 04:06:32 EST


This series modernizes the ad799x driver by converting resource
management to the devm_ infrastructure. This results in cleaner
probe error handling, the removal of the ad799x_remove() function,
and improved overall code maintainability and safety.

Key changes in this series include:
- A prerequisite cleanup to sort headers alphabetically.
- Static allocation of the rx_buf using IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS()
to avoid dynamic memory leaks during scan mode updates.
- Caching of VCC and VREF regulator voltages during probe() to
optimize read_raw() performance and simplify power management logic.
- Migration of regulators and mutex initialization to device-managed
resources (devm).
- Fixing a potential race condition by moving mutex initialization
before IRQ registration.
- Removal of the manual ad799x_remove() function and all goto-based
error cleanup labels in ad799x_probe().

These changes ensure the teardown sequence is always correct,
following the reverse order of allocation, and remove unnecessary
boilerplate code from the driver.

Changes in v7:
- Added a prerequisite patch (Patch 1/5) to sort the header includes
alphabetically as requested by Andy Shevchenko.
- Moved devm_mutex_init() to the very beginning of probe() (before IRQ
request) to prevent a race condition where an interrupt could fire
and attempt to take an uninitialized lock.

Changes in v6:
- Addressed style feedback from Andy Shevchenko: used '(MICRO / MILLI)'
for clearer unit conversion and refactored the optional VREF error
path for better readability.
- Removed the phrase "Reading the regulator voltage via
regulator_get_voltage() can be a slow operation" from the commit
message of patch 3/4 as requested by Jonathan Cameron.
- Confirmed with maintainers that the devm_add_action_or_reset() pattern
must remain to preserve PM functionality.

Changes in v5:
- Used devm_add_action_or_reset() for regulator disabling instead of
devm_regulator_get_enable_read_voltage() as suggested by Jonathan
Cameron. This was necessary to preserve the regulator pointers (st->reg
and st->vref) required by the driver's suspend/resume power management
callbacks.
- Simplified voltage caching to use a single 'vref_uV' variable.
- Converted mutex_init() to devm_mutex_init().
- Resolved error path ordering issues by using devm_* exclusively,
allowing for the complete removal of the ad799x_remove() function.

Changes in v4:
- Simplified voltage caching to use a single 'vref_uV' variable as
suggested by David Lechner.
- Capitalized 'uV' in variable names as suggested by Andy Shevchenko.
- Removed redundant 'if (ret < 0)' check in read_raw() (dead check).
- Used devm_mutex_init() to replace manual mutex handling.
- Introduced a local 'dev' pointer in probe() to simplify function calls.
- Switched to IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS() for the buffer declaration.
- Moved goto removals into the respective patches where devm conversion
occurs.

Changes in v3:
- Split the monolithic v2 patch into 4 logical commits as requested by
Andy Shevchenko.

Changes in v2:
- Eliminated dynamic buffer allocation (feedback from David Lechner).
- Cached voltages to prevent devm/manual ordering hazards (feedback
from Jonathan Cameron).

Archit Anant (5):
iio: adc: ad799x: sort headers alphabetically
iio: adc: ad799x: use local device pointer in probe
iio: adc: ad799x: use a static buffer for scan data
iio: adc: ad799x: cache regulator voltages during probe
iio: adc: ad799x: convert to fully managed resources and drop remove()

drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)

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