Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] iio: light: veml6030: fix channel type when pushing events

From: Matti Vaittinen

Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 09:26:22 EST


On 13/05/2026 07:49, Javier Carrasco wrote:
The events are registered for IIO_LIGHT and not for IIO_INTENSITY.
Use the correct channel type.
This bug was introduced in the first version of the driver.

When at it, fix minor checkpatch code style warning (alignment).

Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c b/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c
index 745cf3ad7092..855f052b60c2 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c
@@ -871,9 +871,11 @@ static irqreturn_t veml6030_event_handler(int irq, void *private)
else
evtdir = IIO_EV_DIR_FALLING;
- iio_push_event(indio_dev, IIO_UNMOD_EVENT_CODE(IIO_INTENSITY,
- 0, IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH, evtdir),
- iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));
+ iio_push_event(indio_dev, IIO_UNMOD_EVENT_CODE(IIO_LIGHT,
+ 0,
+ IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH,
+ evtdir),
+ iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}


Is this change reflected to the user-space? If so, is it safe? We shouldn't break the ABI, right?


Yours,
-- Matti

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Matti Vaittinen
Linux kernel developer at ROHM Semiconductors
Oulu Finland

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