From: Paul Geurts <paul.geurts@prodrive-technologies.com>
To: <jic23@kernel.org>, <dlechner@baylibre.com>, <nuno.sa@analog.com>,
<andy@kernel.org>, <linux-iio@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <tobias.sperling@softing.com>
Cc: Paul Geurts <paul.geurts@prodrive-technologies.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] iio: ti-ads7138: Disable STATS_EN bit while reading conversion results
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:01:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260624080131.3669357-1-paul.geurts@prodrive-technologies.com> (raw)
There is a data race in reading the STATS registers, resulting in wrong
data being read. When the data in the RECENT register switches between
0x24F0 and 0x2500, occasionally value 0x2400 or 0x25F0 is read. This
happens when the value is updated inbetween reading MSB and LSB.
Disable the update of the channel stats before reading the values, for
registers MIN, MAX and RECENT.
Signed-off-by: Paul Geurts <paul.geurts@prodrive-technologies.com>
Fixes: 93a39542d3c3 ("iio: adc: Add driver for ADS7128 / ADS7138")
---
V1 -> V2: Checked return values and prefixed iio: in commit msg
V2 -> V3:
- Clarified commit msg
- Disable STATS_EN for MIN and MAX too
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260619075646.4100193-1-paul.geurts@prodrive-technologies.com/
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260619090004.355053-1-paul.geurts@prodrive-technologies.com/
---
drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads7138.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads7138.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads7138.c
index ee5c1b8e3a8e..3e7b87d1a18a 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads7138.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads7138.c
@@ -236,30 +236,63 @@ static int ads7138_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
u8 values[2];
switch (mask) {
+ /* Reading the statistics registers reinitializes them. This is unfortunate
+ * but necessary to prevent data races
+ */
case IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW:
+ /* Disable statistics update so the value is not updated mid read */
+ ret = ads7138_i2c_clear_bit(data->client, ADS7138_REG_GENERAL_CFG,
+ ADS7138_GENERAL_CFG_STATS_EN);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
ret = ads7138_i2c_read_block(data->client,
ADS7138_REG_RECENT_LSB_CH(chan->channel),
values, ARRAY_SIZE(values));
if (ret)
return ret;
+ /* Enable statistics update after read */
+ ret = ads7138_i2c_set_bit(data->client, ADS7138_REG_GENERAL_CFG,
+ ADS7138_GENERAL_CFG_STATS_EN);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
*val = get_unaligned_le16(values);
return IIO_VAL_INT;
case IIO_CHAN_INFO_PEAK:
+ /* Disable statistics update so the value is not updated mid read */
+ ret = ads7138_i2c_clear_bit(data->client, ADS7138_REG_GENERAL_CFG,
+ ADS7138_GENERAL_CFG_STATS_EN);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
ret = ads7138_i2c_read_block(data->client,
ADS7138_REG_MAX_LSB_CH(chan->channel),
values, ARRAY_SIZE(values));
if (ret)
return ret;
+ /* Enable statistics update after read */
+ ret = ads7138_i2c_set_bit(data->client, ADS7138_REG_GENERAL_CFG,
+ ADS7138_GENERAL_CFG_STATS_EN);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
*val = get_unaligned_le16(values);
return IIO_VAL_INT;
case IIO_CHAN_INFO_TROUGH:
+ /* Disable statistics update so the value is not updated mid read */
+ ret = ads7138_i2c_clear_bit(data->client, ADS7138_REG_GENERAL_CFG,
+ ADS7138_GENERAL_CFG_STATS_EN);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
ret = ads7138_i2c_read_block(data->client,
ADS7138_REG_MIN_LSB_CH(chan->channel),
values, ARRAY_SIZE(values));
if (ret)
return ret;
+ /* Enable statistics update after read */
+ ret = ads7138_i2c_set_bit(data->client, ADS7138_REG_GENERAL_CFG,
+ ADS7138_GENERAL_CFG_STATS_EN);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
*val = get_unaligned_le16(values);
return IIO_VAL_INT;
--
2.39.2
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-24 8:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-24 8:01 Paul Geurts [this message]
2026-06-24 11:37 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-07-06 7:01 ` Paul Geurts
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