[PATCH] pinctrl: mcp23s08: Initialize mcp->dev and mcp->addr before regmap init

From: Judith Mendez

Date: Fri May 08 2026 - 17:43:38 EST


Regmap initialization triggers regcache_maple_populate() which attempts
SPI read to populate cache. SPI read requires mcp->dev and mcp->addr to
be set, without them, NULL pointer dereference occurs during probe.

Move initialization before mcp23s08_spi_regmap_init() call.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: f9f4fda15e72 ("pinctrl: mcp23s08: init reg_defaults from HW at probe and switch cache type")
Signed-off-by: Judith Mendez <jm@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08_spi.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08_spi.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08_spi.c
index 54f61c8cb1c0..1e99b2566d5a 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-mcp23s08_spi.c
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ static int mcp23s08_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
for_each_set_bit(addr, &spi_present_mask, MCP_MAX_DEV_PER_CS) {
data->mcp[addr] = &data->chip[--chips];
data->mcp[addr]->irq = spi->irq;
+ data->mcp[addr]->dev = dev;
+ data->mcp[addr]->addr = 0x40 | (addr << 1);

ret = mcp23s08_spi_regmap_init(data->mcp[addr], dev, addr, info);
if (ret)
--
2.54.0