Hi,

On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 05:47:59PM +0800, Jianing Li wrote:
> max17040_get_vcell() and max17040_get_soc() ignore errors returned by
> regmap_read().  When an I2C transfer fails, the uninitialized register
> value is converted and reported to userspace as a valid voltage or state
> of charge.  The polling worker can also replace the cached state of charge
> with the bogus value and emit a spurious change event.
> 
> Propagate read errors through the power supply get_property callback and
> keep the last valid cached state of charge when polling fails.
> 
> Fixes: c6f4a42de60b ("Add MAX17040 Fuel Gauge driver")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jianing Li <m13940358460@163.com>
> ---
>  drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
> index e94d53b36aa4..948670fb6c4a 100644
> --- a/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
> +++ b/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
> @@ -192,19 +192,21 @@ static int max17040_raw_vcell_to_uvolts(struct max17040_chip *chip, u16 vcell)
>  static int max17040_get_vcell(struct max17040_chip *chip)
>  {
>  	u32 vcell;
> +	int ret;
>  
> -	regmap_read(chip->regmap, MAX17040_VCELL, &vcell);
> +	ret = regmap_read(chip->regmap, MAX17040_VCELL, &vcell);
>  
> -	return max17040_raw_vcell_to_uvolts(chip, vcell);
> +	return ret ? ret : max17040_raw_vcell_to_uvolts(chip, vcell);

Please follow the common convention, i.e.

ret = foo();
if (ret)
    return ret;

return bar();

Greetings,

-- Sebastian