There is nothing critically wrong to read these two attributes without having a is_enabled() check at this point. But reading the MASK_ENABLE register would clear the CVRF bit according to the datasheet. So it'd be safer to fence for disabled channels in order to add pm runtime feature. Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changelog v2->v5: * N/A v1->v2: * Returned 0 for alert flags instead of -ENODATA drivers/hwmon/ina3221.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ina3221.c b/drivers/hwmon/ina3221.c index d61688f04594..26cdf3342d80 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/ina3221.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ina3221.c @@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ static int ina3221_read_curr(struct device *dev, u32 attr, return 0; case hwmon_curr_crit_alarm: case hwmon_curr_max_alarm: + /* No actual register read if channel is disabled */ + if (!ina3221_is_enabled(ina, channel)) { + /* Return 0 for alert flags */ + *val = 0; + return 0; + } ret = regmap_field_read(ina->fields[reg], ®val); if (ret) return ret; -- 2.17.1