[PATCH RFC v4 02/10] iio: core: support 64-bit register through debugfs

From: Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay

Date: Fri May 08 2026 - 13:01:14 EST


From: Rodrigo Alencar <rodrigo.alencar@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add debugfs_reg64_access function pointer field into iio_info and modify
file operation callbacks to favor 64-bit variant when it is available.

Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Alencar <rodrigo.alencar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
include/linux/iio/iio.h | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index bd6f4f9f4533..cb4e2ade25c0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_debugfs_read_reg(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
struct iio_dev *indio_dev = file->private_data;
struct iio_dev_opaque *iio_dev_opaque = to_iio_dev_opaque(indio_dev);
unsigned int val = 0;
+ u64 val64 = 0;
int ret;

if (*ppos > 0)
@@ -393,9 +394,17 @@ static ssize_t iio_debugfs_read_reg(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
iio_dev_opaque->read_buf,
iio_dev_opaque->read_buf_len);

- ret = indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg_access(indio_dev,
- iio_dev_opaque->cached_reg_addr,
- 0, &val);
+ if (indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg64_access) {
+ ret = indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg64_access(indio_dev,
+ iio_dev_opaque->cached_reg_addr,
+ 0, &val64);
+ } else {
+ ret = indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg_access(indio_dev,
+ iio_dev_opaque->cached_reg_addr,
+ 0, &val);
+ val64 = val;
+ }
+
if (ret) {
dev_err(indio_dev->dev.parent, "%s: read failed\n", __func__);
return ret;
@@ -403,7 +412,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_debugfs_read_reg(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,

iio_dev_opaque->read_buf_len = snprintf(iio_dev_opaque->read_buf,
sizeof(iio_dev_opaque->read_buf),
- "0x%X\n", val);
+ "0x%llX", val64);

return simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos,
iio_dev_opaque->read_buf,
@@ -415,8 +424,9 @@ static ssize_t iio_debugfs_write_reg(struct file *file,
{
struct iio_dev *indio_dev = file->private_data;
struct iio_dev_opaque *iio_dev_opaque = to_iio_dev_opaque(indio_dev);
- unsigned int reg, val;
+ unsigned int reg;
char buf[80];
+ u64 val64;
int ret;

if (count >= sizeof(buf))
@@ -429,7 +439,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_debugfs_write_reg(struct file *file,

buf[ret] = '\0';

- ret = sscanf(buf, "%i %i", &reg, &val);
+ ret = sscanf(buf, "%i %lli", &reg, &val64);

switch (ret) {
case 1:
@@ -437,8 +447,12 @@ static ssize_t iio_debugfs_write_reg(struct file *file,
break;
case 2:
iio_dev_opaque->cached_reg_addr = reg;
- ret = indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg_access(indio_dev, reg,
- val, NULL);
+ if (indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg64_access)
+ ret = indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg64_access(indio_dev, reg,
+ val64, NULL);
+ else
+ ret = indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg_access(indio_dev, reg,
+ val64, NULL);
if (ret) {
dev_err(indio_dev->dev.parent, "%s: write failed\n",
__func__);
@@ -469,7 +483,8 @@ static void iio_device_register_debugfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
{
struct iio_dev_opaque *iio_dev_opaque;

- if (indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg_access == NULL)
+ if (!indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg_access &&
+ !indio_dev->info->debugfs_reg64_access)
return;

if (!iio_debugfs_dentry)
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
index 96b05c86c325..86d17ee69e05 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ struct iio_trigger; /* forward declaration */
* @update_scan_mode: function to configure device and scan buffer when
* channels have changed
* @debugfs_reg_access: function to read or write register value of device
+ * @debugfs_reg64_access: function to read or write 64-bit register value of device
* @fwnode_xlate: fwnode based function pointer to obtain channel specifier index.
* @hwfifo_set_watermark: function pointer to set the current hardware
* fifo watermark level; see hwfifo_* entries in
@@ -572,6 +573,9 @@ struct iio_info {
int (*debugfs_reg_access)(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
unsigned int reg, unsigned int writeval,
unsigned int *readval);
+ int (*debugfs_reg64_access)(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+ unsigned int reg, u64 writeval,
+ u64 *readval);
int (*fwnode_xlate)(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
const struct fwnode_reference_args *iiospec);
int (*hwfifo_set_watermark)(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, unsigned int val);

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