[PATCH] pinctrl: qcom: spmi-gpio: don't cache new config until we know it's applied

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 10:23:30 EST


pmic_gpio_config_set() modifies the in-memory settings cache before
performing any register writes. If any of the calls to pmic_gpio_write()
fails, the modifications are never reverted and the real state diverges
from what linux stores in memory.

Work on a local copy of the relevant pad and only modify the cache after
all writes succeeded.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: eadff3024472 ("pinctrl: Qualcomm SPMI PMIC GPIO pin controller driver")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-49f0403d-732b-497d-980c-109c36c92597
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c
index 05291b7397d6b15531e66f073b8771ed318ed5fd..7c4266efaa27619508f0cc3cee8f8a607f7bda57 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-spmi-gpio.c
@@ -480,12 +480,14 @@ static int pmic_gpio_config_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned int pin,
unsigned long *configs, unsigned nconfs)
{
struct pmic_gpio_state *state = pinctrl_dev_get_drvdata(pctldev);
- struct pmic_gpio_pad *pad;
+ struct pmic_gpio_pad *old, *pad, cpy;
unsigned param, arg;
unsigned int val;
int i, ret;

- pad = pctldev->desc->pins[pin].drv_data;
+ old = pctldev->desc->pins[pin].drv_data;
+ cpy = *old;
+ pad = &cpy;

pad->is_enabled = true;
for (i = 0; i < nconfs; i++) {
@@ -651,8 +653,11 @@ static int pmic_gpio_config_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned int pin,
val = pad->is_enabled << PMIC_GPIO_REG_MASTER_EN_SHIFT;

ret = pmic_gpio_write(state, pad, PMIC_GPIO_REG_EN_CTL, val);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;

- return ret;
+ *old = cpy;
+ return 0;
}

static void pmic_gpio_config_dbg_show(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,

---
base-commit: 630059a5a632377b9b7b487baccde92b7ae1dd47
change-id: 20261110-qcom-spmi-gpio-cache-sync-6941bf152459

Best regards,
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Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>