[PATCH v3 4/6] spi: introduce SPI ancillary device with lanes

From: Jonathan Santos

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 19:33:45 EST


The existing spi_new_ancillary_device() creates an ancillary SPI device
but does not consider the parent's lane map. In multi-device setups where
each sub-device's chip-select is bound to a dedicated data lane, there is
no way to bind an ancillary device to an arbitrary lane index.

Introduce spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane() and
devm_spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane(), which accept rx_lane_idx and
tx_lane_idx parameters to select a specific lane from the parent's
rx_lane_map and tx_lane_map respectively. The resulting ancillary device
is registered with a single RX and TX lane, keeping it independent from
the other sub-devices sharing the same controller.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Santos <Jonathan.Santos@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
* Refactored code using helper function to reduce duplicated code.

Changes in v2:
* New patch.
---
drivers/spi/spi.c | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
include/linux/spi/spi.h | 8 +++
2 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 9ccfa5be557b..174507696f1f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -2692,20 +2692,12 @@ static void of_register_spi_devices(struct spi_controller *ctlr)
static void of_register_spi_devices(struct spi_controller *ctlr) { }
#endif

-/**
- * spi_new_ancillary_device() - Register ancillary SPI device
- * @spi: Pointer to the main SPI device registering the ancillary device
- * @chip_select: Chip Select of the ancillary device
- *
- * Register an ancillary SPI device; for example some chips have a chip-select
- * for normal device usage and another one for setup/firmware upload.
- *
- * This may only be called from main SPI device's probe routine.
- *
- * Return: 0 on success; negative errno on failure
- */
-struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi,
- u8 chip_select)
+#define SPI_UNDEFINED_LANE -1
+
+static struct spi_device *__spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi,
+ u8 chip_select,
+ int rx_lane_idx,
+ int tx_lane_idx)
{
struct spi_controller *ctlr = spi->controller;
struct spi_device *ancillary;
@@ -2732,6 +2724,21 @@ struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi,
*/
ancillary->cs_index_mask = BIT(0);

+ if (rx_lane_idx >= spi->num_rx_lanes || tx_lane_idx >= spi->num_tx_lanes) {
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_out;
+ }
+
+ if (rx_lane_idx != SPI_UNDEFINED_LANE) {
+ ancillary->rx_lane_map[0] = spi->rx_lane_map[rx_lane_idx];
+ ancillary->num_rx_lanes = 1;
+ }
+
+ if (tx_lane_idx != SPI_UNDEFINED_LANE) {
+ ancillary->tx_lane_map[0] = spi->tx_lane_map[tx_lane_idx];
+ ancillary->num_tx_lanes = 1;
+ }
+
WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&ctlr->add_lock));

/* Register the new device, passing the parent to skip CS conflict check */
@@ -2747,8 +2754,53 @@ struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi,
spi_dev_put(ancillary);
return ERR_PTR(rc);
}
+
+/**
+ * spi_new_ancillary_device() - Register ancillary SPI device
+ * @spi: Pointer to the main SPI device registering the ancillary device
+ * @chip_select: Chip Select of the ancillary device
+ *
+ * Register an ancillary SPI device; for example some chips have a chip-select
+ * for normal device usage and another one for setup/firmware upload.
+ *
+ * This may only be called from main SPI device's probe routine.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success; negative errno on failure
+ */
+struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi,
+ u8 chip_select)
+{
+ return __spi_new_ancillary_device(spi, chip_select,
+ SPI_UNDEFINED_LANE,
+ SPI_UNDEFINED_LANE);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_new_ancillary_device);

+/**
+ * spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane() - Register ancillary SPI device bound to specific lane
+ * @spi: Pointer to the main SPI device registering the ancillary device
+ * @chip_select: Chip Select of the ancillary device
+ * @rx_lane_idx: Lane index within the parent's rx_lane_map
+ * @tx_lane_idx: Lane index within the parent's tx_lane_map
+ *
+ * Like spi_new_ancillary_device(), but additionally binds the ancillary device
+ * to a single lane from the parent's lane map. Use this in multi-device setups
+ * where each sub-device is physically wired to a dedicated CS and a dedicated
+ * data lane.
+ *
+ * This may only be called from main SPI device's probe routine.
+ *
+ * Return: Pointer to new ancillary device on success; ERR_PTR on failure
+ */
+struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane(struct spi_device *spi,
+ u8 chip_select,
+ unsigned int rx_lane_idx,
+ unsigned int tx_lane_idx)
+{
+ return __spi_new_ancillary_device(spi, chip_select, rx_lane_idx, tx_lane_idx);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane);
+
static void devm_spi_unregister_device(void *spi)
{
spi_unregister_device(spi);
@@ -2789,6 +2841,42 @@ struct spi_device *devm_spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_spi_new_ancillary_device);

+/**
+ * devm_spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane() - Register managed ancillary SPI device bound to a lane
+ * @spi: Pointer to the main SPI device registering the ancillary device
+ * @chip_select: Chip Select of the ancillary device
+ * @rx_lane_idx: Per-device lane index within the parent's rx_lane_map
+ * @tx_lane_idx: Per-device lane index within the parent's tx_lane_map
+ *
+ * Managed version of spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane(). The ancillary device
+ * will be unregistered automatically when the parent SPI device is unregistered.
+ *
+ * This may only be called from main SPI device's probe routine.
+ *
+ * Return: Pointer to new ancillary device on success; ERR_PTR on failure
+ */
+struct spi_device *devm_spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane(struct spi_device *spi,
+ u8 chip_select,
+ unsigned int rx_lane_idx,
+ unsigned int tx_lane_idx)
+{
+ struct spi_device *ancillary;
+ int ret;
+
+ ancillary = spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane(spi, chip_select,
+ rx_lane_idx, tx_lane_idx);
+ if (IS_ERR(ancillary))
+ return ancillary;
+
+ ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(&spi->dev, devm_spi_unregister_device,
+ ancillary);
+ if (ret)
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+ return ancillary;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
struct acpi_spi_lookup {
struct spi_controller *ctlr;
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 4c285d3ede1d..91c9e2d2e7e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -385,6 +385,14 @@ static inline void spi_unregister_driver(struct spi_driver *sdrv)

extern struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi, u8 chip_select);
extern struct spi_device *devm_spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi, u8 chip_select);
+extern struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane(struct spi_device *spi,
+ u8 chip_select,
+ unsigned int rx_lane_idx,
+ unsigned int tx_lane_idx);
+extern struct spi_device *devm_spi_new_ancillary_device_with_lane(struct spi_device *spi,
+ u8 chip_select,
+ unsigned int rx_lane_idx,
+ unsigned int tx_lane_idx);

/* Use a define to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE */
#define spi_register_driver(driver) \
--
2.34.1