Re: [PATCH] iio: magnetometer: tlv493d: remove erroneous shift in X-axis data

From: Jonathan Cameron

Date: Wed Feb 18 2026 - 14:20:53 EST


On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:49:50 +0200
Antoniu Miclaus <antoniu.miclaus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> TLV493D_BX2_MAG_X_AXIS_LSB is defined as GENMASK(7, 4). FIELD_GET()
> already right-shifts bits [7:4] to [3:0], so the additional >> 4
> discards most of the X-axis low nibble. The Y and Z axes correctly
> omit this extra shift. Remove it.
>
> Fixes: 106511d280c7 ("iio: magnetometer: add support for Infineon TLV493D 3D Magentic sensor")
> Signed-off-by: Antoniu Miclaus <antoniu.miclaus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Applied and marked for stable. I'll be rebasing in a few days anyway, so
happy to add tags or indeed drop the patch if other reviews come in before then

Thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
> drivers/iio/magnetometer/tlv493d.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/tlv493d.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/tlv493d.c
> index ec53fd40277b..e5e050af2b74 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/tlv493d.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/tlv493d.c
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static s16 tlv493d_get_channel_data(u8 *b, enum tlv493d_channels ch)
> switch (ch) {
> case TLV493D_AXIS_X:
> val = FIELD_GET(TLV493D_BX_MAG_X_AXIS_MSB, b[TLV493D_RD_REG_BX]) << 4 |
> - FIELD_GET(TLV493D_BX2_MAG_X_AXIS_LSB, b[TLV493D_RD_REG_BX2]) >> 4;
> + FIELD_GET(TLV493D_BX2_MAG_X_AXIS_LSB, b[TLV493D_RD_REG_BX2]);
> break;
> case TLV493D_AXIS_Y:
> val = FIELD_GET(TLV493D_BY_MAG_Y_AXIS_MSB, b[TLV493D_RD_REG_BY]) << 4 |