regulator: core: correct convergence check in regulator_set_voltage()
authorRomain Gantois <romain.gantois@bootlin.com>
Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:50:57 +0000 (11:50 +0200)
committerMark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:56:39 +0000 (14:56 +0100)
commit10dfd36f078423c51602a9a21ed85e8e6c947a00
tree1346b67cada79f52b45e279393826175ccd1390a
parent0bd042ae771d61ef7ccd5882f7aeca59a25f71d9
regulator: core: correct convergence check in regulator_set_voltage()

The logic in regulator_set_voltage() which checks for a non-convergence
condition on a stepped regulator is flawed.

regulator_set_voltage() checks if the error in target voltage has increased
or decreased, and returns -EWOULDBLOCK if the error has not decreased
enough. The correct non-convergence condition is:

new_delta - delta > -rdev->constraints->max_uV_step

or equivalently:

delta - new_delta < rdev->constraints->max_uV_step

But the currently used condition is:

new_delta - delta > rdev->constraints->max_uV_step

Which may cause an infinite loop if the voltage error doesn't converge.

Fix this by correcting the convergence condition.

Suggested-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>
Fixes: d511206dc7443 ("regulator: core: repeat voltage setting request for stepped regulators")
Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@bootlin.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250729-b4-regulator-stepping-fix-v1-1-3f7b8c55d7d7@bootlin.com
Tested-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
drivers/regulator/core.c