Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (ads7828) Don't ignore errors from devm_regulator_get_optional()

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] The driver acquires the external 'vref' regulator and reads its voltage but never enables it.
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--- Patch [1]: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (ads7828) Don't ignore errors from devm_regulator_get_optional() ---
commit 49f8d154ff184810c29b27c75b5602ac3ecd4f65
Author: Qingshuang Fu <fuqingshuang@kylinos.cn>
Subject: hwmon: (ads7828) Don't ignore errors from devm_regulator_get_optional()

The driver currently ignores all errors from devm_regulator_get_optional()
and falls back to using the internal VREF. This commit changes the driver
to propagate genuine errors other than -ENODEV to the caller instead of
silently ignoring them.

> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ads7828.c b/drivers/hwmon/ads7828.c
> index 149cfcec78dcc..1c3a8ce8afb5b 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ads7828.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ads7828.c
> @@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ static int ads7828_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>  			    vref_mv > ADS7828_EXT_VREF_MV_MAX)
>  				return -EINVAL;
>  			ext_vref = true;
> +		} else if (PTR_ERR(reg) != -ENODEV) {
> +			return PTR_ERR(reg);
>  		}

[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but looking at ads7828_probe(), the driver
acquires the external vref regulator and reads its voltage but never actually
enables it:

	reg = devm_regulator_get_optional(dev, "vref");
	if (!IS_ERR(reg)) {
		vref_uv = regulator_get_voltage(reg);
		vref_mv = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(vref_uv, 1000);
		...

If the external vref regulator is not marked as regulator-always-on in the
device tree, won't the regulator subsystem disable it during the late initcall
unused-regulator cleanup?

Could this cut the reference voltage to the ADC and cause it to return zeroed
or completely incorrect sensor readings?

Should the driver call regulator_enable() or perhaps use
devm_regulator_get_enable_read_voltage() instead?

>  	}
>

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