From: "André Draszik" <andre.draszik@linaro.org>
To: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>,
Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>,
Dmitry Baryshkov <lumag@kernel.org>,
Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Cc: "Peter Griffin" <peter.griffin@linaro.org>,
"Tudor Ambarus" <tudor.ambarus@linaro.org>,
"Will McVicker" <willmcvicker@google.com>,
"Juan Yescas" <jyescas@google.com>,
kernel-team@android.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"André Draszik" <andre.draszik@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/8] regulator: core: streamline supply resolution for always-on/boot-on regulators
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:38:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260109-regulators-defer-v2-4-1a25dc968e60@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260109-regulators-defer-v2-0-1a25dc968e60@linaro.org>
For always-on and boot-on regulators, regulator_register() is currently
trying to anticipate the requirement to resolve a supply early.
Unfortunately, this code executes too early, before we have potentially
updated the regulator's always_on constraint as part of
set_machine_constraints(), causing it to miss cases.
Rather than trying to hack it more, just defer to the outcome of
set_machine_constraints(). The latter returns early (without doing any
regulator initialisation) with -EPROBE_DEFER as of commit 'regulator:
core: move supply check earlier in set_machine_constraints()' and is
therefore safe to call multiple times to determine if supplies need to
be resolved early.
Commit 8a866d527ac0 ("regulator: core: Resolve supply name earlier to
prevent double-init") (later updated by
commit 520fb178212d ("regulator: core: Fix regulator supply
registration with sysfs")) added these tests originally to avoid
calling set_machine_constraints() multiple times to try to avoid
voltage glitches due to all the regulator initialisation happening each
time. This isn't an issue anymore as per above.
Signed-off-by: André Draszik <andre.draszik@linaro.org>
---
drivers/regulator/core.c | 19 ++++---------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 9ce0eef1dcfcb39a072675e44a5577ae85d51982..08bdb1e4175e6d47d154e7a2d859a9d39dcfd021 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -5937,7 +5937,6 @@ regulator_register(struct device *dev,
bool dangling_cfg_gpiod = false;
bool dangling_of_gpiod = false;
int ret, i;
- bool resolved_early = false;
if (cfg == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -6075,17 +6074,6 @@ regulator_register(struct device *dev,
goto wash;
}
- if ((rdev->supply_name && !rdev->supply) &&
- (rdev->constraints->always_on ||
- rdev->constraints->boot_on)) {
- ret = regulator_resolve_supply(rdev);
- if (ret)
- rdev_dbg(rdev, "unable to resolve supply early: %pe\n",
- ERR_PTR(ret));
-
- resolved_early = true;
- }
-
if (config->ena_gpiod) {
ret = regulator_ena_gpio_request(rdev, config);
if (ret != 0) {
@@ -6099,9 +6087,10 @@ regulator_register(struct device *dev,
}
ret = set_machine_constraints(rdev);
- if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER && !resolved_early) {
- /* Regulator might be in bypass mode and so needs its supply
- * to set the constraints
+ if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+ /* Regulator might be in bypass mode or an always-on or boot-on
+ * regulator and so needs its supply to set the constraints or
+ * for enable.
*/
/* FIXME: this currently triggers a chicken-and-egg problem
* when creating -SUPPLY symlink in sysfs to a regulator
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-09 8:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-09 8:38 [PATCH v2 0/8] regulator: core: allow regulator_register() with missing required supply André Draszik
2026-01-09 8:38 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] regulator: core: update two debug messages André Draszik
2026-01-09 8:38 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] regulator: core: fix locking in regulator_resolve_supply() error path André Draszik
2026-01-09 8:38 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] regulator: core: move supply check earlier in set_machine_constraints() André Draszik
2026-01-09 8:38 ` André Draszik [this message]
2026-01-09 8:38 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] regulator: core: remove dead code in regulator_resolve_supply() André Draszik
2026-01-09 8:38 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] regulator: core: don't ignore errors from event forwarding setup André Draszik
2026-01-09 8:38 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] regulator: core: reresolve unresolved supplies when available André Draszik
2026-01-09 8:38 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] regulator: core: don't fail regulator_register() with missing required supply André Draszik
2026-01-12 14:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] regulator: core: allow " Mark Brown
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260109-regulators-defer-v2-4-1a25dc968e60@linaro.org \
--to=andre.draszik@linaro.org \
--cc=broonie@kernel.org \
--cc=javier@osg.samsung.com \
--cc=jonathanh@nvidia.com \
--cc=jyescas@google.com \
--cc=kernel-team@android.com \
--cc=lgirdwood@gmail.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=lumag@kernel.org \
--cc=o.rempel@pengutronix.de \
--cc=peter.griffin@linaro.org \
--cc=tudor.ambarus@linaro.org \
--cc=willmcvicker@google.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®