[PATCH 3/6] Input: mms114 - use appropriate register argument types

From: Dmitry Torokhov

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 01:10:21 EST


The MMS114 I2C touch controller uses 8-bit register addresses (0x01 to
0xF2) and 8-bit single-register data values. The helper functions
previously declared reg and val as 32-bit unsigned int, requiring
explicit bitwise masking (& 0xff) to narrow the values down to u8 before
populating the I2C transfer buffers.

Update reg and val parameters to u8 across mms114_read_reg(),
mms114_write_reg(), and __mms114_read_reg() to accurately reflect the
hardware specification and eliminate the redundant & 0xff masking.

Additionally, update the val buffer pointer in __mms114_read_reg() from
u8 * to void * to allow callers to pass data structures directly without
requiring explicit casting.

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c
index db23b51f4630..c2e006ac1196 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/mms114.c
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ struct mms114_touch {
u8 reserved[2];
} __packed;

-static int __mms114_read_reg(struct mms114_data *data, unsigned int reg,
- unsigned int len, u8 *val)
+static int __mms114_read_reg(struct mms114_data *data, u8 reg,
+ unsigned int len, void *val)
{
struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
struct i2c_msg xfer[2];
- u8 buf = reg & 0xff;
+ u8 buf = reg;
int error;

if (reg <= MMS114_MODE_CONTROL && reg + len > MMS114_MODE_CONTROL)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int __mms114_read_reg(struct mms114_data *data, unsigned int reg,
return 0;
}

-static int mms114_read_reg(struct mms114_data *data, unsigned int reg)
+static int mms114_read_reg(struct mms114_data *data, u8 reg)
{
u8 val;
int error;
@@ -133,15 +133,14 @@ static int mms114_read_reg(struct mms114_data *data, unsigned int reg)
return error < 0 ? error : val;
}

-static int mms114_write_reg(struct mms114_data *data, unsigned int reg,
- unsigned int val)
+static int mms114_write_reg(struct mms114_data *data, u8 reg, u8 val)
{
struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
u8 buf[2];
int error;

- buf[0] = reg & 0xff;
- buf[1] = val & 0xff;
+ buf[0] = reg;
+ buf[1] = val;

error = i2c_master_send(client, buf, 2);
if (error != 2) {
@@ -242,9 +241,8 @@ static irqreturn_t mms114_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)

touch_size = packet_size / event_size;

- error = __mms114_read_reg(data, MMS114_INFORMATION, packet_size,
- (u8 *)touch);
- if (error < 0)
+ error = __mms114_read_reg(data, MMS114_INFORMATION, packet_size, touch);
+ if (error)
goto out;

for (index = 0; index < touch_size; index++) {
--
2.54.0.1136.gdb2ca164c4-goog