Re: [PATCH v9 06/11] iio: adc: hx711: introduce hx711_chip_info structure
From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Wed May 20 2026 - 06:30:35 EST
On Tue, 19 May 2026 03:32:22 +0530
Piyush Patle <piyushpatle228@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add a per-variant static configuration structure and populate the IIO
> device fields from it at probe time.
>
> This is a preparatory change for adding support for more HX711-compatible
> hardware variants without duplicating the probe-time setup.
>
> No functional change for existing HX711 users.
>
> Signed-off-by: Piyush Patle <piyushpatle228@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> No code change from v8.
>
> Regarding the __counted_by_ptr() annotation on hx711_chip_info.channels:
> this annotation was introduced in include/linux/compiler_types.h in
> commit 4b8a2e8e09be ("compiler_types.h: Add __counted_by_ptr()") which
> landed in 6.12-rc1.
Seems unlikely. I'm seeing it landing in January this year. I'm guessing
you are looking at a backport to a stable tree maybe? That commit id
isn't in upstream.
> This tree is 6.17, so the macro is
Why are you on 6.17! This is targetting 7.2 so all we care about is whether
it was in the 7.1-rc1 or not. Meh doesn't matter as this text will get
dropped anyway when I merge.
> well-defined. Jonathan Cameron requested this annotation in his v7
> review; Sashiko's v8 bot flag was a false positive.
>
> Regarding the legacy platform_device probe path: the concern that
> probe could succeed without chip_info (returning a useless device) was
> acknowledged. Jonathan has indicated the current device_get_match_data()
> guard is acceptable, so no change was made.
>
> drivers/iio/adc/hx711.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/hx711.c b/drivers/iio/adc/hx711.c
> index 86d2a70dd3de..10ccc69f209b 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/adc/hx711.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/hx711.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
> *
> * Copyright (c) 2016 Andreas Klinger <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> */
> +#include <linux/array_size.h>
> +#include <linux/dev_printk.h>
> #include <linux/err.h>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> @@ -74,6 +76,20 @@ static int hx711_get_scale_to_gain(const int *gain_scale, int scale)
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * struct hx711_chip_info - per-variant static configuration
> + * @name: IIO device name
> + * @channels: channel specification array
> + * @num_channels: number of entries in @channels
> + * @iio_info: IIO info ops for this variant
> + */
> +struct hx711_chip_info {
> + const char *name;
> + const struct iio_chan_spec *channels __counted_by_ptr(num_channels);
> + unsigned int num_channels;
> + const struct iio_info *iio_info;
> +};
> +
> struct hx711_data {
> struct device *dev;
> struct gpio_desc *gpiod_pd_sck;
> @@ -81,6 +97,7 @@ struct hx711_data {
> int gain_set; /* gain set on device */
> int gain_chan_a; /* gain for channel A */
> int gain_scale[HX711_GAIN_MAX];
> + const struct hx711_chip_info *chip_info;
> struct mutex lock;
> /*
> * triggered buffer
> @@ -456,8 +473,16 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec hx711_chan_spec[] = {
> IIO_CHAN_SOFT_TIMESTAMP(2),
> };
>
> +static const struct hx711_chip_info hx711_chip = {
> + .name = "hx711",
> + .channels = hx711_chan_spec,
> + .iio_info = &hx711_iio_info,
> + .num_channels = ARRAY_SIZE(hx711_chan_spec),
> +};
> +
> static int hx711_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> + const struct hx711_chip_info *chip_info;
> struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> struct hx711_data *hx711_data;
> struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
> @@ -473,6 +498,12 @@ static int hx711_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> mutex_init(&hx711_data->lock);
>
> + chip_info = device_get_match_data(dev);
> + if (!chip_info)
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENODEV, "missing driver data\n");
> +
> + hx711_data->chip_info = chip_info;
> +
> /*
> * PD_SCK stands for power down and serial clock input of HX711
> * in the driver it is an output
> @@ -534,11 +565,11 @@ static int hx711_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> hx711_data->data_ready_delay_ns =
> 1000000000 / hx711_data->clock_frequency;
>
> - indio_dev->name = "hx711";
> - indio_dev->info = &hx711_iio_info;
> + indio_dev->name = chip_info->name;
> + indio_dev->info = chip_info->iio_info;
> indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
> - indio_dev->channels = hx711_chan_spec;
> - indio_dev->num_channels = ARRAY_SIZE(hx711_chan_spec);
> + indio_dev->channels = chip_info->channels;
> + indio_dev->num_channels = chip_info->num_channels;
>
> ret = devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup(dev, indio_dev,
> iio_pollfunc_store_time,
> @@ -555,7 +586,7 @@ static int hx711_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> }
>
> static const struct of_device_id of_hx711_match[] = {
> - { .compatible = "avia,hx711", },
> + { .compatible = "avia,hx711", .data = &hx711_chip },
> { }
> };
>