The current consumer documentation does not include bulk operations,
providing an example of how to acquire multiple regulators by calling
regulator_get() multiple times. That solution is valid and slightly
simpler for a small amount of regulators, but it does not scale well.

Document the bulk operations to get, enable and disable regulators.

---
Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst
index 9d2416f63f6e..c01675b25a90 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst
+++ b/Documentation/power/regulator/consumer.rst
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ To release the regulator the consumer driver should call ::
 	regulator_put(regulator);
 
 Consumers can be supplied by more than one regulator e.g. codec consumer with
-analog and digital supplies ::
+analog and digital supplies by means of bulk operations ::
+
+	struct regulator_bulk_data supplies[2];
+
+	supplies[0].supply = "Vcc"; /* digital core */
+	supplies[1].supply = "Avdd"; /* analog */
+
+	ret = regulator_bulk_get(dev, ARRAY_SIZE(supplies), supplies);
+
+	// convenience helper to call regulator_put() on multiple regulators
+	regulator_bulk_free(ARRAY_SIZE(supplies), supplies);
 
-	digital = regulator_get(dev, "Vcc");  /* digital core */
-	analog = regulator_get(dev, "Avdd");  /* analog */
 
 The regulator access functions regulator_get() and regulator_put() will
 usually be called in your device drivers probe() and remove() respectively.
@@ -51,11 +59,21 @@ A consumer can determine if a regulator is enabled by calling::
 
 This will return > zero when the regulator is enabled.
 
+A set of regulators can be enabled with a single bulk operation ::
+
+	int regulator_bulk_enable(int num_consumers,
+				  struct regulator_bulk_data *consumers);
+
 
 A consumer can disable its supply when no longer needed by calling::
 
 	int regulator_disable(regulator);
 
+Or a number of them ::
+
+	int regulator_bulk_disable(int num_consumers,
+			 	   struct regulator_bulk_data *consumers);
+
 NOTE:
   This may not disable the supply if it's shared with other consumers. The
   regulator will only be disabled when the enabled reference count is zero.
@@ -64,11 +82,15 @@ Finally, a regulator can be forcefully disabled in the case of an emergency::
 
 	int regulator_force_disable(regulator);
 
+This operation is also supported for multiple regulators ::
+
+	int regulator_bulk_force_disable(int num_consumers,
+			 		 struct regulator_bulk_data *consumers);
+
 NOTE:
   this will immediately and forcefully shutdown the regulator output. All
   consumers will be powered off.
 
-
 3. Regulator Voltage Control & Status (dynamic drivers)
 =======================================================
 

---
base-commit: 8f5ae30d69d7543eee0d70083daf4de8fe15d585
change-id: 20250819-reg_consumer_doc-bbb3d2a7eb14

Best regards,
--  
Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>

On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:25:43 +0800, Javier Carrasco wrote:
> The current consumer documentation does not include bulk operations,
> providing an example of how to acquire multiple regulators by calling
> regulator_get() multiple times. That solution is valid and slightly
> simpler for a small amount of regulators, but it does not scale well.
> 
> Document the bulk operations to get, enable and disable regulators.
> 
> [...]

Applied to

   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/regulator.git for-next

Thanks!

[1/1] regulator: consumer.rst: document bulk operations
      commit: ec0be3cdf40b5302248f3fb27a911cc630e8b855

All being well this means that it will be integrated into the linux-next
tree (usually sometime in the next 24 hours) and sent to Linus during
the next merge window (or sooner if it is a bug fix), however if
problems are discovered then the patch may be dropped or reverted.

You may get further e-mails resulting from automated or manual testing
and review of the tree, please engage with people reporting problems and
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If any updates are required or you are submitting further changes they
should be sent as incremental updates against current git, existing
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Please add any relevant lists and maintainers to the CCs when replying
to this mail.

Thanks,
Mark

On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 12:25:43PM +0800, Javier Carrasco wrote:
> The current consumer documentation does not include bulk operations,
> providing an example of how to acquire multiple regulators by calling
> regulator_get() multiple times. That solution is valid and slightly
> simpler for a small amount of regulators, but it does not scale well.
> 
> Document the bulk operations to get, enable and disable regulators.
> 
> ---
> Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>
> ---

You need to put the signoff before the ---, anything after the --- will
get deleted when applying.

On Tue Aug 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM CST, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 12:25:43PM +0800, Javier Carrasco wrote:
>> The current consumer documentation does not include bulk operations,
>> providing an example of how to acquire multiple regulators by calling
>> regulator_get() multiple times. That solution is valid and slightly
>> simpler for a small amount of regulators, but it does not scale well.
>> 
>> Document the bulk operations to get, enable and disable regulators.
>> 
>> ---
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>
>> ---
>
> You need to put the signoff before the ---, anything after the --- will
> get deleted when applying.

Sorry about that, I wrote a cover letter that I later removed, and b4
ended up adding the ---, which I missed before sending upstream.

Thank you for applying the patch, I am planning to update the
documentation of the regulator API when I have some time, and I will
make sure that the patches are properly formatted.

Best regards,
Javier Carrasco