Extended names are a problem for user-space as they make the filenames in sysfs sometimes not parsable. They are now deprecated in favor of labels. This change makes sure that a device driver won't provide both labels and extended names for its channels. It has never been the case and we don't want it to happen. Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c index 59efb36db2c7..81f40dab778a 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c @@ -1836,6 +1836,24 @@ static int iio_check_unique_scan_index(struct iio_dev *indio_dev) return 0; } +static int iio_check_extended_name(const struct iio_dev *indio_dev) +{ + unsigned int i; + + if (!indio_dev->info->read_label) + return 0; + + for (i = 0; i < indio_dev->num_channels; i++) { + if (indio_dev->channels[i].extend_name) { + dev_err(&indio_dev->dev, + "Cannot use labels and extend_name at the same time\n"); + return -EINVAL; + } + } + + return 0; +} + static const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops noop_ring_setup_ops; int __iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct module *this_mod) @@ -1860,6 +1878,10 @@ int __iio_device_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, struct module *this_mod) if (ret < 0) return ret; + ret = iio_check_extended_name(indio_dev); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; + iio_device_register_debugfs(indio_dev); ret = iio_buffers_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(indio_dev); -- 2.30.2