[PATCH] regulator: tps65219: fix irq_data.rdev not being assigned

From: A. Sverdlin

Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 12:42:27 EST


From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Commit 64a6b577490c ("regulator: tps65219: Remove debugging helper
function") removed the tps65219_get_rdev_by_name() helper along with
the irq_data.rdev assignment that depended on it. This left
irq_data.rdev uninitialized for all IRQs, causing undefined behavior
when regulator_notifier_call_chain() is called from the IRQ handler:

Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004
pc : regulator_notifier_call_chain
lr : tps65219_regulator_irq_handler
Call trace:
regulator_notifier_call_chain
tps65219_regulator_irq_handler
handle_nested_irq
regmap_irq_thread
irq_thread_fn
irq_thread
kthread
ret_from_fork

Instead of restoring a dedicated lookup array, restructure the probe
function to combine regulator registration with IRQ registration in
the same loop. This way the rdev returned by devm_regulator_register()
is naturally available for assigning to irq_data.rdev without any
auxiliary data structure.

Non-regulator IRQs (SENSOR, TIMEOUT) that don't correspond to any
registered regulator are registered with rdev=NULL, and the IRQ handler
is protected with a NULL check to avoid crashing.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aBDSTxALaOc-PD7X@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: 64a6b577490c ("regulator: tps65219: Remove debugging helper function")
Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/regulator/tps65219-regulator.c | 135 +++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/tps65219-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/tps65219-regulator.c
index d77ca486879fd..324c3a33af8a4 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/tps65219-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/tps65219-regulator.c
@@ -346,8 +346,9 @@ static irqreturn_t tps65219_regulator_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}

- regulator_notifier_call_chain(irq_data->rdev,
- irq_data->type->event, NULL);
+ if (irq_data->rdev)
+ regulator_notifier_call_chain(irq_data->rdev,
+ irq_data->type->event, NULL);

dev_err(irq_data->dev, "Error IRQ trap %s for %s\n",
irq_data->type->event_name, irq_data->type->regulator_name);
@@ -398,14 +399,65 @@ static struct tps65219_chip_data chip_info_table[] = {
},
};

-static int tps65219_regulator_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static bool tps65219_is_regulator_name(const struct tps65219_chip_data *pmic,
+ const char *name)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < pmic->common_rdesc_size; i++)
+ if (!strcmp(pmic->common_rdesc[i].name, name))
+ return true;
+ for (i = 0; i < pmic->rdesc_size; i++)
+ if (!strcmp(pmic->rdesc[i].name, name))
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
+
+static int tps65219_register_irqs(struct platform_device *pdev,
+ struct tps65219 *tps,
+ struct regulator_dev *rdev,
+ struct tps65219_regulator_irq_type *irq_types,
+ int nirqs,
+ const char *regulator_name)
{
struct tps65219_regulator_irq_data *irq_data;
+ int i, irq, error;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nirqs; i++) {
+ if (strcmp(irq_types[i].regulator_name, regulator_name))
+ continue;
+
+ irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, irq_types[i].irq_name);
+ if (irq < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ irq_data = devm_kmalloc(tps->dev, sizeof(*irq_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!irq_data)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ irq_data->dev = tps->dev;
+ irq_data->type = &irq_types[i];
+ irq_data->rdev = rdev;
+
+ error = devm_request_threaded_irq(tps->dev, irq, NULL,
+ tps65219_regulator_irq_handler,
+ IRQF_ONESHOT,
+ irq_types[i].irq_name,
+ irq_data);
+ if (error)
+ return dev_err_probe(tps->dev, error,
+ "Failed to request %s IRQ %d\n",
+ irq_types[i].irq_name, irq);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int tps65219_regulator_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
struct tps65219_regulator_irq_type *irq_type;
struct tps65219_chip_data *pmic;
struct regulator_dev *rdev;
int error;
- int irq;
int i;

struct tps65219 *tps = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
@@ -425,6 +477,19 @@ static int tps65219_regulator_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return dev_err_probe(tps->dev, PTR_ERR(rdev),
"Failed to register %s regulator\n",
pmic->common_rdesc[i].name);
+
+ error = tps65219_register_irqs(pdev, tps, rdev,
+ pmic->common_irq_types,
+ pmic->common_irq_size,
+ pmic->common_rdesc[i].name);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+ error = tps65219_register_irqs(pdev, tps, rdev,
+ pmic->irq_types,
+ pmic->dev_irq_size,
+ pmic->common_rdesc[i].name);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
}

for (i = 0; i < pmic->rdesc_size; i++) {
@@ -434,52 +499,42 @@ static int tps65219_regulator_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return dev_err_probe(tps->dev, PTR_ERR(rdev),
"Failed to register %s regulator\n",
pmic->rdesc[i].name);
+
+ error = tps65219_register_irqs(pdev, tps, rdev,
+ pmic->common_irq_types,
+ pmic->common_irq_size,
+ pmic->rdesc[i].name);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+ error = tps65219_register_irqs(pdev, tps, rdev,
+ pmic->irq_types,
+ pmic->dev_irq_size,
+ pmic->rdesc[i].name);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
}

+ /* Register non-regulator IRQs (TIMEOUT, SENSOR) with rdev=NULL */
for (i = 0; i < pmic->common_irq_size; ++i) {
irq_type = &pmic->common_irq_types[i];
- irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, irq_type->irq_name);
- if (irq < 0)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- irq_data = devm_kmalloc(tps->dev, sizeof(*irq_data), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!irq_data)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- irq_data->dev = tps->dev;
- irq_data->type = irq_type;
- error = devm_request_threaded_irq(tps->dev, irq, NULL,
- tps65219_regulator_irq_handler,
- IRQF_ONESHOT,
- irq_type->irq_name,
- irq_data);
+ if (tps65219_is_regulator_name(pmic, irq_type->regulator_name))
+ continue;
+ error = tps65219_register_irqs(pdev, tps, NULL,
+ irq_type, 1,
+ irq_type->regulator_name);
if (error)
- return dev_err_probe(tps->dev, error,
- "Failed to request %s IRQ %d\n",
- irq_type->irq_name, irq);
+ return error;
}

for (i = 0; i < pmic->dev_irq_size; ++i) {
irq_type = &pmic->irq_types[i];
- irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, irq_type->irq_name);
- if (irq < 0)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- irq_data = devm_kmalloc(tps->dev, sizeof(*irq_data), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!irq_data)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- irq_data->dev = tps->dev;
- irq_data->type = irq_type;
- error = devm_request_threaded_irq(tps->dev, irq, NULL,
- tps65219_regulator_irq_handler,
- IRQF_ONESHOT,
- irq_type->irq_name,
- irq_data);
+ if (tps65219_is_regulator_name(pmic, irq_type->regulator_name))
+ continue;
+ error = tps65219_register_irqs(pdev, tps, NULL,
+ irq_type, 1,
+ irq_type->regulator_name);
if (error)
- return dev_err_probe(tps->dev, error,
- "Failed to request %s IRQ %d\n",
- irq_type->irq_name, irq);
+ return error;
}

return 0;
--
2.52.0