linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 1/3] iio: mpl3115: use get_unaligned

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Message-Id: <20251112225701.32158-2-apokusinski01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:56:59 +0100
From: Antoni Pokusinski <apokusinski01@...il.com>
To: jic23@...nel.org,
	dlechner@...libre.com,
	nuno.sa@...log.com,
	andy@...nel.org,
	marcelo.schmitt1@...il.com
Cc: linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Antoni Pokusinski <apokusinski01@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/3] iio: mpl3115: use get_unaligned_be24() to retrieve pressure data

The pressure measurement result is arranged as 20-bit unsigned value
residing in three 8-bit registers. Hence, it can be retrieved using
get_unaligned_be24() and by applying 4-bit shift.

Reviewed-by: Marcelo Schmitt <marcelo.schmitt1@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Antoni Pokusinski <apokusinski01@...il.com>
---
 drivers/iio/pressure/mpl3115.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/pressure/mpl3115.c b/drivers/iio/pressure/mpl3115.c
index c212dfdf59ff..5594256fffbd 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/pressure/mpl3115.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/pressure/mpl3115.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/i2c.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/property.h>
+#include <linux/unaligned.h>
 
 #include <linux/iio/buffer.h>
 #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ static int mpl3115_read_info_raw(struct mpl3115_data *data,
 
 	switch (chan->type) {
 	case IIO_PRESSURE: { /* in 0.25 pascal / LSB */
-		__be32 tmp = 0;
+		u8 press_be24[3];
 
 		guard(mutex)(&data->lock);
 		ret = mpl3115_request(data);
@@ -134,11 +135,17 @@ static int mpl3115_read_info_raw(struct mpl3115_data *data,
 
 		ret = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(data->client,
 						    MPL3115_OUT_PRESS,
-						    3, (u8 *) &tmp);
+						    sizeof(press_be24),
+						    press_be24);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 
-		*val = be32_to_cpu(tmp) >> chan->scan_type.shift;
+		/*
+		 * The pressure channel shift is applied in the case where the
+		 * data (24-bit big endian) is read into a 32-bit buffer. Here
+		 * the data is stored in a 24-bit buffer, so the shift is 4.
+		 */
+		*val = get_unaligned_be24(press_be24) >> 4;
 		return IIO_VAL_INT;
 	}
 	case IIO_TEMP: { /* in 0.0625 celsius / LSB */
-- 
2.25.1