[PATCH] leds: leds-lp50xx: enable chip before any communication

From: Christian Hitz

Date: Thu Oct 16 2025 - 10:56:52 EST


From: Christian Hitz <christian.hitz@xxxxxx>

If a GPIO is used to control the chip's enable pin, it needs to be pulled
high before any SPI communication is attempted.
Split lp50xx_enable_disable() into two distinct functions to enforce
correct ordering.
Observe correct timing after manipulating the enable GPIO and SPI
communication.

Fixes: 242b81170fb8 ("leds: lp50xx: Add the LP50XX family of the RGB LED driver")

Signed-off-by: Christian Hitz <christian.hitz@xxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c b/drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c
index d19b6a459151..f23e9ae434e4 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp50xx.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@

#define LP50XX_SW_RESET 0xff
#define LP50XX_CHIP_EN BIT(6)
+#define LP50XX_START_TIME_US 500
+#define LP50XX_RESET_TIME_US 3

/* There are 3 LED outputs per bank */
#define LP50XX_LEDS_PER_MODULE 3
@@ -374,19 +376,42 @@ static int lp50xx_reset(struct lp50xx *priv)
return regmap_write(priv->regmap, priv->chip_info->reset_reg, LP50XX_SW_RESET);
}

-static int lp50xx_enable_disable(struct lp50xx *priv, int enable_disable)
+static int lp50xx_enable(struct lp50xx *priv)
{
int ret;

- ret = gpiod_direction_output(priv->enable_gpio, enable_disable);
+ if (priv->enable_gpio) {
+ ret = gpiod_direction_output(priv->enable_gpio, 1);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ udelay(LP50XX_START_TIME_US);
+ } else {
+ ret = lp50xx_reset(priv);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return regmap_write(priv->regmap, LP50XX_DEV_CFG0, LP50XX_CHIP_EN);
+}
+
+static int lp50xx_disable(struct lp50xx *priv)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = regmap_write(priv->regmap, LP50XX_DEV_CFG0, 0);
if (ret)
return ret;

- if (enable_disable)
- return regmap_write(priv->regmap, LP50XX_DEV_CFG0, LP50XX_CHIP_EN);
- else
- return regmap_write(priv->regmap, LP50XX_DEV_CFG0, 0);
+ if (priv->enable_gpio) {
+ ret = gpiod_direction_output(priv->enable_gpio, 0);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ udelay(LP50XX_RESET_TIME_US);
+ }

+ return 0;
}

static int lp50xx_probe_leds(struct fwnode_handle *child, struct lp50xx *priv,
@@ -453,6 +478,10 @@ static int lp50xx_probe_dt(struct lp50xx *priv)
return dev_err_probe(priv->dev, PTR_ERR(priv->enable_gpio),
"Failed to get enable GPIO\n");

+ ret = lp50xx_enable(priv);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
priv->regulator = devm_regulator_get(priv->dev, "vled");
if (IS_ERR(priv->regulator))
priv->regulator = NULL;
@@ -550,14 +579,6 @@ static int lp50xx_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
return ret;
}

- ret = lp50xx_reset(led);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
- ret = lp50xx_enable_disable(led, 1);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
return lp50xx_probe_dt(led);
}

@@ -566,7 +587,7 @@ static void lp50xx_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
struct lp50xx *led = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
int ret;

- ret = lp50xx_enable_disable(led, 0);
+ ret = lp50xx_disable(led);
if (ret)
dev_err(led->dev, "Failed to disable chip\n");

--
2.51.0