Re: [PATCH v3 5/8] iio: temperature: ltc2983: Fix n_wires default bypassing rotation check

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 21 May 2026 19:42:58 +0300
Liviu Stan <liviu.stan@analog.com> wrote:

> When adi,number-of-wires is absent, n_wires is left at 0. The binding
> documents a default of 2 wires, matching the hardware default. However
> the current-rotate validation checks n_wires == 2 || n_wires == 3, so
> with n_wires = 0 the guard is bypassed and adi,current-rotate is accepted
> for a 2-wire RTD.
> 
> Initialize n_wires = 2 to match the binding default and ensure the
> rotation check fires correctly when the property is absent.
> 
> Fixes: f110f3188e56 ("iio: temperature: Add support for LTC2983")
> Signed-off-by: Liviu Stan <liviu.stan@analog.com>
This should be the first patch in the series so it is obvious that it
is easily backported without the rest + I might pick up via the fixes-togreg
tree.

Jonathan

> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - New patch
> 
>  drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> index 10f423fbe9cc..326f843f4271 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> @@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ ltc2983_rtd_new(const struct fwnode_handle *child, struct ltc2983_data *st,
>  	struct ltc2983_rtd *rtd;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  	struct device *dev = &st->spi->dev;
> -	u32 excitation_current = 0, n_wires = 0;
> +	u32 excitation_current = 0, n_wires = 2;
>  
>  	rtd = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*rtd), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!rtd)