[PATCH v3 09/10] i2c: core: clean up bus id allocation

From: Johan Hovold

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 10:43:57 EST


Clean up bus id allocation by using a common helper and deferring it
until it is needed during adapter registration.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c | 89 +++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 38f425aecef8..2cd384433d83 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -1517,23 +1517,48 @@ int i2c_handle_smbus_host_notify(struct i2c_adapter *adap, unsigned short addr)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_handle_smbus_host_notify);

+static int i2c_allocate_adapter_id(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
+{
+ int id, start, end;
+
+ if (adap->nr == -1) {
+ start = __i2c_first_dynamic_bus_num;
+ end = 0;
+ } else {
+ start = adap->nr;
+ end = adap->nr + 1;
+ }
+
+ mutex_lock(&core_lock);
+ id = idr_alloc(&i2c_adapter_idr, NULL, start, end, GFP_KERNEL);
+ mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
+ if (id < 0) {
+ if (adap->nr != -1 && id == -ENOSPC)
+ id = -EBUSY;
+ pr_err("adapter '%s': failed to allocate id: %d\n", adap->name, id);
+ return id;
+ }
+
+ adap->nr = id;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
{
- int res = -EINVAL;
+ int res;

/* Can't register until after driver model init */
- if (WARN_ON(!is_registered)) {
- res = -EAGAIN;
- goto out_list;
- }
+ if (WARN_ON(!is_registered))
+ return -EAGAIN;

/* Sanity checks */
if (WARN(!adap->name[0], "i2c adapter has no name"))
- goto out_list;
+ return -EINVAL;

if (!adap->algo) {
pr_err("adapter '%s': no algo supplied!\n", adap->name);
- goto out_list;
+ return -EINVAL;
}

if (!adap->lock_ops)
@@ -1554,13 +1579,17 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
if (res) {
pr_err("adapter '%s': can't create Host Notify IRQs (%d)\n",
adap->name, res);
- goto out_list;
+ return res;
}

- res = dev_set_name(&adap->dev, "i2c-%d", adap->nr);
+ res = i2c_allocate_adapter_id(adap);
if (res)
goto err_remove_irq_domain;

+ res = dev_set_name(&adap->dev, "i2c-%d", adap->nr);
+ if (res)
+ goto err_free_id;
+
adap->dev.bus = &i2c_bus_type;
adap->dev.type = &i2c_adapter_type;
device_initialize(&adap->dev);
@@ -1624,33 +1653,14 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
init_completion(&adap->dev_released);
put_device(&adap->dev);
wait_for_completion(&adap->dev_released);
-err_remove_irq_domain:
- i2c_host_notify_irq_teardown(adap);
-out_list:
+err_free_id:
mutex_lock(&core_lock);
idr_remove(&i2c_adapter_idr, adap->nr);
mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
- return res;
-}
-
-/**
- * __i2c_add_numbered_adapter - i2c_add_numbered_adapter where nr is never -1
- * @adap: the adapter to register (with adap->nr initialized)
- * Context: can sleep
- *
- * See i2c_add_numbered_adapter() for details.
- */
-static int __i2c_add_numbered_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
-{
- int id;
-
- mutex_lock(&core_lock);
- id = idr_alloc(&i2c_adapter_idr, NULL, adap->nr, adap->nr + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
- if (WARN(id < 0, "couldn't get idr"))
- return id == -ENOSPC ? -EBUSY : id;
+err_remove_irq_domain:
+ i2c_host_notify_irq_teardown(adap);

- return i2c_register_adapter(adap);
+ return res;
}

/**
@@ -1673,17 +1683,8 @@ int i2c_add_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adapter)
int id;

id = of_alias_get_id(dev->of_node, "i2c");
- if (id >= 0) {
- adapter->nr = id;
- return __i2c_add_numbered_adapter(adapter);
- }
-
- mutex_lock(&core_lock);
- id = idr_alloc(&i2c_adapter_idr, NULL,
- __i2c_first_dynamic_bus_num, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
- mutex_unlock(&core_lock);
- if (WARN(id < 0, "couldn't get idr"))
- return id;
+ if (id < 0)
+ id = -1;

adapter->nr = id;

@@ -1719,7 +1720,7 @@ int i2c_add_numbered_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
if (adap->nr == -1) /* -1 means dynamically assign bus id */
return i2c_add_adapter(adap);

- return __i2c_add_numbered_adapter(adap);
+ return i2c_register_adapter(adap);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_add_numbered_adapter);

--
2.53.0