Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (ina2xx) Fix current value calculation

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Wed Nov 14 2018 - 12:12:29 EST


On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 07:48:54PM -0800, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> The current register (04h) has a sign bit at MSB. The comments
> for this calculation also mention that it's a signed register.
>
> However, the regval is unsigned type so result of calculation
> turns out to be an incorrect value when current is negative.
>
> This patch simply fixes this by adding a casting to s16.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied.

Thanks,
Guenter

> ---
> drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c b/drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c
> index c2252cf452f5..07ee19573b3f 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c
> @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int ina2xx_get_value(struct ina2xx_data *data, u8 reg,
> break;
> case INA2XX_CURRENT:
> /* signed register, result in mA */
> - val = regval * data->current_lsb_uA;
> + val = (s16)regval * data->current_lsb_uA;
> val = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(val, 1000);
> break;
> case INA2XX_CALIBRATION:
> --
> 2.17.1
>