[PATCH v5 03/13] iio: core: add hierarchical channel relationships
From: Rodrigo Alencar via B4 Relay
Date: Sun May 17 2026 - 14:40:48 EST
From: Rodrigo Alencar <rodrigo.alencar@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 label.
Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Alencar <rodrigo.alencar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 5c8404efd0a5..348ac7a59738 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -776,6 +776,14 @@ 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)
+{
+ return do_iio_read_channel_label(dev_to_iio_dev(dev),
+ to_iio_dev_attr(attr)->c->parent, buf);
+}
+
static ssize_t iio_read_channel_info(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
@@ -1263,6 +1271,31 @@ static int iio_device_add_channel_label(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
return 1;
}
+static int iio_device_add_channel_parent(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 || (!indio_dev->info->read_label &&
+ !chan->parent->extend_name))
+ 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,
@@ -1401,6 +1434,11 @@ static int iio_device_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
return ret;
attrcount += ret;
+ ret = iio_device_add_channel_parent(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 86d17ee69e05..09a97518e4bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ struct iio_scan_type {
* by all channels.
* @info_mask_shared_by_all_available: What availability information is to be
* exported that is shared by all channels.
+ * @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 label.
* @event_spec: Array of events which should be registered for this
* channel.
* @num_event_specs: Size of the event_spec array.
@@ -306,6 +310,7 @@ struct iio_chan_spec {
unsigned long info_mask_shared_by_dir_available;
unsigned long info_mask_shared_by_all;
unsigned long info_mask_shared_by_all_available;
+ const struct iio_chan_spec *parent;
const struct iio_event_spec *event_spec;
unsigned int num_event_specs;
const struct iio_chan_spec_ext_info *ext_info;
--
2.43.0