[PATCH v10 08/17] iio: core: add hierarchical channel relationships

Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:25:35 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.feeds.b4-sent,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-iio,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Rodrigo Alencar <[email protected]>

Add parent-child relationship between iio channels by creating a parent
pointer field in iio_chan_spec struct and exposing a sysfs attribute that
returns the parent channel prefix.

Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Alencar <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/iio/iio.h         |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index aa9d6474edd9..36f072ccba27 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -856,6 +856,20 @@ static ssize_t iio_read_channel_label(struct device *dev,
 					 to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->c, buf);
 }
 
+static ssize_t iio_read_channel_parent(struct device *dev,
+				       struct device_attribute *attr,
+				       char *buf)
+{
+	const struct iio_chan_spec *chan = to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->c->parent;
+	ssize_t len;
+
+	len = __iio_chan_prefix_emit(dev, chan, IIO_SEPARATE, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+	if (len < 0)
+		return len;
+
+	return len + sysfs_emit_at(buf, len, "\n");
+}
+
 static ssize_t iio_read_channel_info(struct device *dev,
 				     struct device_attribute *attr,
 				     char *buf)
@@ -1269,6 +1283,25 @@ static int iio_device_add_channel_label(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int iio_device_add_channel_parent_attr(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+					      struct iio_chan_spec const *chan)
+{
+	struct iio_dev_opaque *iio_dev_opaque = to_iio_dev_opaque(indio_dev);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!chan->parent)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = __iio_add_chan_devattr("parent", chan,
+				     &iio_read_channel_parent, NULL,
+				     0, IIO_SEPARATE, &indio_dev->dev, NULL,
+				     &iio_dev_opaque->channel_attr_list);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int iio_device_add_info_mask_type(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 					 struct iio_chan_spec const *chan,
 					 enum iio_shared_by shared_by,
@@ -1407,6 +1440,11 @@ static int iio_device_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		return ret;
 	attrcount += ret;
 
+	ret = iio_device_add_channel_parent_attr(indio_dev, chan);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	attrcount += ret;
+
 	if (chan->ext_info) {
 		unsigned int i = 0;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
index cd17703274a6..0f006b8ad555 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ struct iio_scan_type {
  * @ext_info:		Array of extended info attributes for this channel.
  *			The array is NULL terminated, the last element should
  *			have its name field set to NULL.
+ * @parent:		Optional pointer to the parent channel spec for
+ *			hierarchical channel relationships. When set, a read-only
+ *			"parent" sysfs attribute is created containing the
+ *			parent channel's sysfs name prefix (e.g. "in_voltage0").
  * @extend_name:	Allows labeling of channel attributes with an
  *			informative name. Note this has no effect codes etc,
  *			unlike modifiers.
@@ -309,6 +313,7 @@ struct iio_chan_spec {
 	const struct iio_event_spec *event_spec;
 	unsigned int		num_event_specs;
 	const struct iio_chan_spec_ext_info *ext_info;
+	const struct iio_chan_spec *parent;
 	const char		*extend_name;
 	const char		*datasheet_name;
 	unsigned int		modified:1;

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2.43.0