linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 1/5] iio: vcnl4000: Fix i2c swapped word reading.

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Message-Id: <20200503092959.8806-2-m.othacehe@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun,  3 May 2020 11:29:55 +0200
From:   Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@...il.com>
To:     jic23@...nel.org, knaack.h@....de, lars@...afoo.de,
        pmeerw@...erw.net
Cc:     linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 1/5] iio: vcnl4000: Fix i2c swapped word reading.

The bytes returned by the i2c reading need to be swapped
unconditionally. Otherwise, on be16 platforms, an incorrect value will be
returned.

Fixes: 62a1efb9f868 ("iio: add vcnl4000 combined ALS and proximity sensor")
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@...il.com>
---
 drivers/iio/light/vcnl4000.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4000.c b/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4000.c
index 58e97462e803..e5f86bd00fb0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4000.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4000.c
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ static int vcnl4000_measure(struct vcnl4000_data *data, u8 req_mask,
 				u8 rdy_mask, u8 data_reg, int *val)
 {
 	int tries = 20;
-	__be16 buf;
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->vcnl4000_lock);
@@ -246,13 +245,12 @@ static int vcnl4000_measure(struct vcnl4000_data *data, u8 req_mask,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	ret = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(data->client,
-		data_reg, sizeof(buf), (u8 *) &buf);
+	ret = i2c_smbus_read_word_swapped(data->client, data_reg);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&data->vcnl4000_lock);
-	*val = be16_to_cpu(buf);
+	*val = ret;
 
 	return 0;
 
-- 
2.26.0