[PATCH v4 2/3] nvmem: core: deprecate reg_write callback and add reg_write_const

Link Mauve <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:17:20 +0200
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Message-ID <[email protected]>
This callback used to take a mutable void * for no reason, which causes
the compiler to be unaware that the val buffer should never be modified
by the callback.

This was found while drafting the nvmem-provider Rust abstraction.

Signed-off-by: Link Mauve <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/nvmem/core.c           | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
 drivers/nvmem/internals.h      |  1 +
 include/linux/nvmem-provider.h |  6 +++++-
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index f65aebe7837b..8e10fa34619f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int __nvmem_reg_read(struct nvmem_device *nvmem, unsigned int offset,
 }
 
 static int __nvmem_reg_write(struct nvmem_device *nvmem, unsigned int offset,
-			     void *val, size_t bytes)
+			     const void *val, size_t bytes)
 {
 	struct nvmem_operations *ops;
 	int ret, wr_ok;
@@ -81,14 +81,17 @@ static int __nvmem_reg_write(struct nvmem_device *nvmem, unsigned int offset,
 	if (!ops)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (!ops->reg_write)
+	if (!ops->reg_write && !ops->reg_write_const)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	ret = gpiod_set_value_cansleep(nvmem->wp_gpio, 0);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	wr_ok = ops->reg_write(nvmem->priv, offset, val, bytes);
+	if (ops->reg_write_const)
+		wr_ok = ops->reg_write_const(nvmem->priv, offset, val, bytes);
+	else
+		wr_ok = ops->reg_write(nvmem->priv, offset, (void *)val, bytes);
 
 	ret = gpiod_set_value_cansleep(nvmem->wp_gpio, 1);
 	if (ret)
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ static int nvmem_access_with_keepouts(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
 			kend = min(end, keepout->start);
 			ksize = kend - offset;
 			if (write)
-				rc = __nvmem_reg_write(nvmem, offset, val, ksize);
+				rc = __nvmem_reg_write(nvmem, offset, (const void *)val, ksize);
 			else
 				rc = __nvmem_reg_read(nvmem, offset, val, ksize);
 
@@ -153,7 +156,7 @@ static int nvmem_access_with_keepouts(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
 	if (offset < end) {
 		ksize = end - offset;
 		if (write)
-			return __nvmem_reg_write(nvmem, offset, val, ksize);
+			return __nvmem_reg_write(nvmem, offset, (const void *)val, ksize);
 		else
 			return __nvmem_reg_read(nvmem, offset, val, ksize);
 	}
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ static int nvmem_reg_write(struct nvmem_device *nvmem, unsigned int offset,
 			   void *val, size_t bytes)
 {
 	if (!nvmem->nkeepout)
-		return __nvmem_reg_write(nvmem, offset, val, bytes);
+		return __nvmem_reg_write(nvmem, offset, (const void *)val, bytes);
 
 	return nvmem_access_with_keepouts(nvmem, offset, val, bytes, true);
 }
@@ -309,7 +312,7 @@ static umode_t nvmem_bin_attr_get_umode(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
 	if (!nvmem->read_only)
 		mode |= 0200;
 
-	if (!ops->reg_write)
+	if (!ops->reg_write && !ops->reg_write_const)
 		mode &= ~0200;
 
 	if (!ops->reg_read)
@@ -346,13 +349,13 @@ static umode_t nvmem_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
 	struct nvmem_operations *ops = rcu_dereference_raw(nvmem->ops);
 
 	/*
-	 * If the device has no .reg_write operation, do not allow
-	 * configuration as read-write.
+	 * If the device has no .reg_write or .reg_write_const operation, do
+	 * not allow configuration as read-write.
 	 * If the device is set as read-only by configuration, it
 	 * can be forced into read-write mode using the 'force_ro'
 	 * attribute.
 	 */
-	if (attr == &dev_attr_force_ro.attr && !ops->reg_write)
+	if (attr == &dev_attr_force_ro.attr && !ops->reg_write && !ops->reg_write_const)
 		return 0;	/* Attribute not visible */
 
 	return attr->mode;
@@ -904,7 +907,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 	if (!config->dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	if (!config->reg_read && !config->reg_write)
+	if (!config->reg_read && !config->reg_write && !config->reg_write_const)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	nvmem = kzalloc_obj(*nvmem);
@@ -960,6 +963,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 
 	ops->reg_read = config->reg_read;
 	ops->reg_write = config->reg_write;
+	ops->reg_write_const = config->reg_write_const;
 
 	nvmem->owner = config->owner;
 	if (!nvmem->owner && config->dev->driver)
@@ -995,7 +999,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 		goto err_put_device;
 
 	nvmem->read_only = device_property_present(config->dev, "read-only") ||
-			   config->read_only || !ops->reg_write;
+			   config->read_only || (!ops->reg_write && !ops->reg_write_const);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVMEM_SYSFS
 	nvmem->dev.groups = nvmem_dev_groups;
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/internals.h b/drivers/nvmem/internals.h
index bc7a99f5aefb..14243d44815d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/internals.h
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/internals.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 struct nvmem_operations {
 	nvmem_reg_read_t	reg_read;
 	nvmem_reg_write_t	reg_write;
+	nvmem_reg_write_const_t	reg_write_const;
 };
 
 struct nvmem_device {
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
index 6063fe5b7784..e944530999b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ typedef int (*nvmem_reg_read_t)(void *priv, unsigned int offset,
 				void *val, size_t bytes);
 typedef int (*nvmem_reg_write_t)(void *priv, unsigned int offset,
 				 void *val, size_t bytes);
+typedef int (*nvmem_reg_write_const_t)(void *priv, unsigned int offset,
+				       const void *val, size_t bytes);
 /* used for vendor specific post processing of cell data */
 typedef int (*nvmem_cell_post_process_t)(void *priv, const char *id, int index,
 					 unsigned int offset, void *buf,
@@ -93,7 +95,8 @@ struct nvmem_cell_info {
  * @root_only:	Device is accessibly to root only.
  * @of_node:	If given, this will be used instead of the parent's of_node.
  * @reg_read:	Callback to read data; return zero if successful.
- * @reg_write:	Callback to write data; return zero if successful.
+ * @reg_write:	**DEPRECATED** - please use reg_write_const instead.
+ * @reg_write_const:	Callback to write data; return zero if successful.
  * @size:	Device size.
  * @word_size:	Minimum read/write access granularity.
  * @stride:	Minimum read/write access stride.
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ struct nvmem_config {
 	struct device_node	*of_node;
 	nvmem_reg_read_t	reg_read;
 	nvmem_reg_write_t	reg_write;
+	nvmem_reg_write_const_t	reg_write_const;
 	int	size;
 	int	word_size;
 	int	stride;
-- 
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