linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/8] regulator: core: move supply check earlier in set_machine

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Message-Id: <20251227-regulators-defer-v1-3-3104b22d84cb@linaro.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:17:47 +0000
From: André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>
To: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, 
 Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>, 
 Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>, Dmitry Baryshkov <lumag@...nel.org>, 
 Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@...aro.org>, 
 Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...aro.org>, 
 Will McVicker <willmcvicker@...gle.com>, Juan Yescas <jyescas@...gle.com>, 
 kernel-team@...roid.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] regulator: core: move supply check earlier in
 set_machine_constraints()

Since commit 98e48cd9283d ("regulator: core: resolve supply for
boot-on/always-on regulators"), set_machine_constraints() can return
-EPROBE_DEFER very late, after it has done a lot of work and
configuration of the regulator.

This means that configuration will happen multiple times for no
benefit in that case. Furthermore, this can lead to timing-dependent
voltage glitches as mentioned e.g. in commit 8a866d527ac0 ("regulator:
core: Resolve supply name earlier to prevent double-init").

We can know that it's going to fail very early, in particular before
going through the complete regulator configuration by moving some code
around a little.

Do so to avoid re-configuring the regulator multiple times, also
avoiding the voltage glitches if we can.

Fixes: 98e48cd9283d ("regulator: core: resolve supply for boot-on/always-on regulators")
Signed-off-by: André Draszik <andre.draszik@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/regulator/core.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c
index 48c091de68d81e3e89eacecd8526255ab9a446b2..9ce0eef1dcfcb39a072675e44a5577ae85d51982 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -1444,6 +1444,33 @@ static int set_machine_constraints(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 	int ret = 0;
 	const struct regulator_ops *ops = rdev->desc->ops;
 
+	/*
+	 * If there is no mechanism for controlling the regulator then
+	 * flag it as always_on so we don't end up duplicating checks
+	 * for this so much.  Note that we could control the state of
+	 * a supply to control the output on a regulator that has no
+	 * direct control.
+	 */
+	if (!rdev->ena_pin && !ops->enable) {
+		if (rdev->supply_name && !rdev->supply)
+			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+		if (rdev->supply)
+			rdev->constraints->always_on =
+				rdev->supply->rdev->constraints->always_on;
+		else
+			rdev->constraints->always_on = true;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we want to enable this regulator, make sure that we know the
+	 * supplying regulator.
+	 */
+	if (rdev->constraints->always_on || rdev->constraints->boot_on) {
+		if (rdev->supply_name && !rdev->supply)
+			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+	}
+
 	ret = machine_constraints_voltage(rdev, rdev->constraints);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		return ret;
@@ -1609,37 +1636,15 @@ static int set_machine_constraints(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If there is no mechanism for controlling the regulator then
-	 * flag it as always_on so we don't end up duplicating checks
-	 * for this so much.  Note that we could control the state of
-	 * a supply to control the output on a regulator that has no
-	 * direct control.
-	 */
-	if (!rdev->ena_pin && !ops->enable) {
-		if (rdev->supply_name && !rdev->supply)
-			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
-
-		if (rdev->supply)
-			rdev->constraints->always_on =
-				rdev->supply->rdev->constraints->always_on;
-		else
-			rdev->constraints->always_on = true;
-	}
-
 	/* If the constraints say the regulator should be on at this point
 	 * and we have control then make sure it is enabled.
 	 */
 	if (rdev->constraints->always_on || rdev->constraints->boot_on) {
 		bool supply_enabled = false;
 
-		/* If we want to enable this regulator, make sure that we know
-		 * the supplying regulator.
-		 */
-		if (rdev->supply_name && !rdev->supply)
-			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
-
-		/* If supplying regulator has already been enabled,
+		/* We have ensured a potential supply has been resolved above.
+		 *
+		 * If supplying regulator has already been enabled,
 		 * it's not intended to have use_count increment
 		 * when rdev is only boot-on.
 		 */

-- 
2.52.0.351.gbe84eed79e-goog