FAILED: patch "[PATCH] power: supply: max17040: propagate register read errors" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 659cc3d8d5ef246263873fce72c8cadeeed073cc
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090352-handyman-delegate-c138@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 659cc3d8d5ef246263873fce72c8cadeeed073cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jianing Li <m13940358460@163.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:48:25 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] power: supply: max17040: propagate register read errors

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>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260727064825.948-1-m13940358460@163.com
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.com>

diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c b/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
index e94d53b36aa4..98d34d5f3c80 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/max17040_battery.c
@@ -192,8 +192,11 @@ 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);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	return max17040_raw_vcell_to_uvolts(chip, vcell);
 }
@@ -201,8 +204,11 @@ static int max17040_get_vcell(struct max17040_chip *chip)
 static int max17040_get_soc(struct max17040_chip *chip)
 {
 	u32 soc;
+	int ret;
 
-	regmap_read(chip->regmap, MAX17040_SOC, &soc);
+	ret = regmap_read(chip->regmap, MAX17040_SOC, &soc);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	return soc >> (chip->quirk_double_soc ? 9 : 8);
 }
@@ -261,7 +267,11 @@ static int max17040_get_of_data(struct max17040_chip *chip)
 
 static void max17040_check_changes(struct max17040_chip *chip)
 {
-	chip->soc = max17040_get_soc(chip);
+	int soc;
+
+	soc = max17040_get_soc(chip);
+	if (soc >= 0)
+		chip->soc = soc;
 }
 
 static void max17040_queue_work(struct max17040_chip *chip)
@@ -396,10 +406,16 @@ static int max17040_get_property(struct power_supply *psy,
 		val->intval = max17040_get_online(chip);
 		break;
 	case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_VOLTAGE_NOW:
-		val->intval = max17040_get_vcell(chip);
+		ret = max17040_get_vcell(chip);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+		val->intval = ret;
 		break;
 	case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CAPACITY:
-		val->intval = max17040_get_soc(chip);
+		ret = max17040_get_soc(chip);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+		val->intval = ret;
 		break;
 	case POWER_SUPPLY_PROP_CAPACITY_ALERT_MIN:
 		val->intval = chip->low_soc_alert;