Re: [PATCH v2] iio: light: veml3328: reshape scale array for readability

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:29:34 +0400
Giorgi Tchankvetadze <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Giorgi Tchankvetadze <[email protected]>
> 
> The veml3328_scale_vals array is declared as a flattened [4][8] array,
> so accessing a scale value requires calculating the offset of its
> (val, val2) pair using gain_inx * 2.
> 
> Reshape the array as [4][4][2], with separate dimensions for integration
> time, gain and the scale value pair. This removes the manual stride
> calculation and makes the relationship between the indexes and values
> explicit.
> 
> Suggested-by: David Lechner <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Giorgi Tchankvetadze <[email protected]>

This is good but a further suggestion below.

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Reshape veml3328_scale_vals as [4][4][2], as suggested by
>   David Lechner.
> - Update read and write paths to access the scale value pair directly.
> 
> Link to v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> 
>  drivers/iio/light/veml3328.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/veml3328.c b/drivers/iio/light/veml3328.c
> index 7ff1753925c4..ef0bb82e54e0 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/light/veml3328.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/light/veml3328.c
> @@ -91,11 +91,31 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec veml3328_channels[] = {
>   * Gain indexes: 0 (x0.5), 1 (x1), 2 (x2), 3 (x4)
>   * IT indexes: 0 (50ms), 1 (100ms), 2 (200ms), 3 (400ms)
>   */
> -static const int veml3328_scale_vals[4][8] = {
> -	{ 0, 768000, 0, 384000, 0, 192000, 0, 96000 },
> -	{ 0, 384000, 0, 192000, 0, 96000,  0, 48000 },
> -	{ 0, 192000, 0, 96000,  0, 48000,  0, 24000 },
> -	{ 0, 96000,  0, 48000,  0, 24000,  0, 12000 },
> +static const int veml3328_scale_vals[4][4][2] = {
> +	{ /* 50 ms */
Given both this and veml3328_it_times are indexing on the same thing
I wonder if it is worth

#define VEML3328_CONT_IT_50MSECS	0
#define VEML3328_CONT_IT_100MSECS	1
#define VEML3328_CONT_IT_200MSECS	2
#define VEML3328_CONT_IT_400MSECS	3

Then here use
	[VEML3328_CONT_IT_50MSECS] = {

and similar for the veml3328_it_times array.
That way we keep them in sync with code rather than comments.

Jonathan

	
> +		{ 0, 768000 },
> +		{ 0, 384000 },
> +		{ 0, 192000 },
> +		{ 0, 96000 },
> +	},
> +	{ /* 100 ms */
> +		{ 0, 384000 },
> +		{ 0, 192000 },
> +		{ 0, 96000 },
> +		{ 0, 48000 },
> +	},
> +	{ /* 200 ms */
> +		{ 0, 192000 },
> +		{ 0, 96000 },
> +		{ 0, 48000 },
> +		{ 0, 24000 },
> +	},
> +	{ /* 400 ms */
> +		{ 0, 96000 },
> +		{ 0, 48000 },
> +		{ 0, 24000 },
> +		{ 0, 12000 },
> +	},
>  };
>  
>  /* integration times in microseconds */
> @@ -184,9 +204,8 @@ static int veml3328_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  		if (it_inx >= ARRAY_SIZE(veml3328_it_times) || gain_inx >= 4)
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  
> -		/* Stride by 2 through the flattened array to match (val, val2) */
> -		*val = veml3328_scale_vals[it_inx][gain_inx * 2];
> -		*val2 = veml3328_scale_vals[it_inx][gain_inx * 2 + 1];
> +		*val = veml3328_scale_vals[it_inx][gain_inx][0];
> +		*val2 = veml3328_scale_vals[it_inx][gain_inx][1];
>  
>  		return IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO;
>  
> @@ -282,8 +301,8 @@ static int veml3328_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  
>  		for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
> -			if (val == veml3328_scale_vals[it_inx][i * 2] &&
> -			    val2 == veml3328_scale_vals[it_inx][i * 2 + 1])
> +			if (val == veml3328_scale_vals[it_inx][i][0] &&
> +			    val2 == veml3328_scale_vals[it_inx][i][1])
>  				break;
>  		}
>