[PATCH v4 0/6] Add support for the LTM8054 voltage regulator

Romain Gantois
2025-11-24T14:48:48Z

Hello everyone,

This is version four of my series which adds initial support of the Linear
Technology LTM8054 voltage regulator. The driver supports a fixed voltage
and a tunable output current limit using a DAC-controlled pin.

I'd say that the most unusual part of this series is the usage of the IIO
consumer API in a regulator driver. I think this makes sense here, since
the regulator driver has to access a DAC to read/set the output current
limit.

Since the regulator driver writes microvolts and the IIO consumer API takes
millivolts, the reads and writes to the CTL DAC have to be scaled by a
factor of 1000. Scaled reads are already supported in IIO, but scaled
writes are not, which is why I've implemented them in patch 2/4.

Moreover, the IIO read/write operations are done in quite a roundabout way
in the driver's regulator callbacks. This is due to a unsafe locking
interaction: the regulator callbacks are called under regulator lock, which
means they have an active ww_mutex reservation ID. Or, some IIO drivers
will perform regulator operations when read/written to, thus taking a new
ww_mutex reservation ID. Taking two consecutive reservation IDs for the
same ww_mutex context without freeing the first ID is forbidden (and
lockdep will complain about this). The most straightforward solution I've
found is to move the actual IIO read/write operations to a different
thread, and to wait for them to complete with a timeout from the main
callback thread.

Please let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Romain

Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@bootlin.com>
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Changes in v4:
- Various style improvements.
- Used namespaced exports for the IIO consumer API.
- Mitigated bug caused by abs() corner case.
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251106-ltm8054-driver-v3-0-fd1feae0f65a@bootlin.com

Changes in v3:
- Made IIO operations to an asynchronous context to avoid locking issue.
- Made CTL DAC control optional.
- Make various style adjustments to the LTM8054 driver.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250925-ltm8054-driver-v2-0-bb61a401a0dc@bootlin.com

Changes in v2:
- Refactored iio_convert_processed_to_raw() to match what was done in Hans'
series.
- Added unit tests for IIO division.
- Fixed coding style issues and removed unnecessary casts.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916-ltm8054-driver-v1-0-fd4e781d33b9@bootlin.com

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Romain Gantois (6):
regulator: dt-bindings: Add Linear Technology LTM8054 regulator
iio: inkern: Use namespaced exports
iio: add processed write API
iio: test: Add kunit tests for iio_divide_by_value()
regulator: Support the LTM8054 voltage regulator
regulator: ltm8054: Support output current limit control

.../devicetree/bindings/regulator/adi,ltm8054.yaml | 71 ++++
MAINTAINERS | 6 +
drivers/extcon/extcon-adc-jack.c | 1 +
drivers/hwmon/iio_hwmon.c | 1 +
drivers/hwmon/ntc_thermistor.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/adc/envelope-detector.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/afe/iio-rescale.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-cb.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/dac/ad8460.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/dac/dpot-dac.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/dac/ds4424.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/inkern.c | 187 ++++++++--
drivers/iio/light/cm3605.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/light/gp2ap002.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/multiplexer/iio-mux.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/potentiostat/lmp91000.c | 1 +
drivers/iio/test/Kconfig | 12 +
drivers/iio/test/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/iio/test/iio-test-divide.c | 247 ++++++++++++++
drivers/iio/test/iio-test-multiply.c | 1 +
drivers/input/joystick/adc-joystick.c | 1 +
drivers/input/keyboard/adc-keys.c | 1 +
drivers/input/touchscreen/colibri-vf50-ts.c | 1 +
drivers/input/touchscreen/resistive-adc-touch.c | 1 +
drivers/phy/motorola/phy-cpcap-usb.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/ab8500_btemp.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/ab8500_charger.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/ab8500_fg.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/axp20x_ac_power.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/axp20x_battery.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/axp20x_usb_power.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/axp288_fuel_gauge.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/cpcap-battery.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/cpcap-charger.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/da9150-charger.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/generic-adc-battery.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/ingenic-battery.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/intel_dc_ti_battery.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/lego_ev3_battery.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/lp8788-charger.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/mp2629_charger.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/mt6370-charger.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/qcom_smbx.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/rn5t618_power.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/rx51_battery.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/sc27xx_fuel_gauge.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/twl4030_charger.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/twl4030_madc_battery.c | 1 +
drivers/power/supply/twl6030_charger.c | 1 +
drivers/regulator/Kconfig | 9 +
drivers/regulator/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/regulator/ltm8054-regulator.c | 379 +++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/thermal/qcom/qcom-spmi-adc-tm5.c | 1 +
drivers/thermal/qcom/qcom-spmi-temp-alarm.c | 1 +
drivers/thermal/renesas/rzg3s_thermal.c | 1 +
drivers/thermal/thermal-generic-adc.c | 1 +
include/linux/iio/consumer.h | 36 ++
sound/soc/codecs/audio-iio-aux.c | 1 +
sound/soc/samsung/aries_wm8994.c | 1 +
sound/soc/samsung/midas_wm1811.c | 1 +
sound/soc/stm/stm32_adfsdm.c | 1 +
63 files changed, 972 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
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base-commit: cda7b38e04b41bf0e19deed2999d725f440a5abd
change-id: 20250728-ltm8054-driver-11cfa4741065

Best regards,
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Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@bootlin.com>