[PATCH] iio: light: vcnl4035: fix scan buffer on big-endian

From: David Lechner

Date: Sat Mar 14 2026 - 18:20:21 EST


Rework vcnl4035_trigger_consumer_handler() so that we are not passing
what should be a u16 value as an int * to regmap_read(). This won't
work on bit endian systems.

Instead, add a new unsigned int variable to pass to regmap_read(). Then
copy that value into the buffer struct.

The buffer array is replaced with a struct since there is only one value
being read. This allows us to use the correct u16 data type and has a
side-effect of simplifying the alignment specification.

Also fix the endianness of the scan format from little-endian to CPU
endianness. Since we are using regmap to read the value, it will be
CPU-endian.

Fixes: 55707294c4eb ("iio: light: Add support for vishay vcnl4035")
Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/light/vcnl4035.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4035.c b/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4035.c
index 963747927425..16aeb17067bc 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4035.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4035.c
@@ -103,17 +103,23 @@ static irqreturn_t vcnl4035_trigger_consumer_handler(int irq, void *p)
struct iio_dev *indio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
struct vcnl4035_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
/* Ensure naturally aligned timestamp */
- u8 buffer[ALIGN(sizeof(u16), sizeof(s64)) + sizeof(s64)] __aligned(8) = { };
+ struct {
+ u16 als_data;
+ aligned_s64 timestamp;
+ } buffer = { };
+ unsigned int val;
int ret;

- ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, VCNL4035_ALS_DATA, (int *)buffer);
+ ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, VCNL4035_ALS_DATA, &val);
if (ret < 0) {
dev_err(&data->client->dev,
"Trigger consumer can't read from sensor.\n");
goto fail_read;
}
- iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, buffer,
- iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));
+
+ buffer.als_data = val;
+ iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, &buffer,
+ iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));

fail_read:
iio_trigger_notify_done(indio_dev->trig);
@@ -381,7 +387,7 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec vcnl4035_channels[] = {
.sign = 'u',
.realbits = 16,
.storagebits = 16,
- .endianness = IIO_LE,
+ .endianness = IIO_CPU,
},
},
{
@@ -395,7 +401,7 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec vcnl4035_channels[] = {
.sign = 'u',
.realbits = 16,
.storagebits = 16,
- .endianness = IIO_LE,
+ .endianness = IIO_CPU,
},
},
};

---
base-commit: ff0843ceb1fb11a6b73e0e77b932ef7967aecd4b
change-id: 20260314-iio-light-vcnl4035c-clean-up-scan-buf-7aa00d36e470

Best regards,
--
David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>