Re: [PATCH 1/5] hwmon: (pmbus/core) fix regulator enable/disable

Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:58:12 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-hwmon,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/28/26 09:03, Nuno Sá via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Nuno Sá <[email protected]>
> 
> pmbus_update_byte_data() can return the value of PMBUS_OPERATION which
> can be different than 0 and that can mess with the regulator core
> given _regulator_disable() explicitly checks for ret == 0 in order to
> call _regulator_handle_consumer_disable().
> 
> Fixes: ddbb4db4ced1 ("hwmon: (pmbus) Add regulator support")
> Signed-off-by: Nuno Sá <[email protected]>

The real problem is that pmbus_update_byte_data() should only return 0
or an error code. The fix is in the "hwmon" branch and should be upstream
by the end of the week.

Guenter