Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] iio: orientation: hid-sensor-rotation: fix quaternion alignment

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 02:02:21PM -0600, David Lechner wrote:
> The main point of this series is to fix a regression reported in
> hid-sensor-rotation where the alignment of the quaternion field in the
> data was inadvertently changed from 16 bytes to 8 bytes. This is an
> unusually case (one of only 2 in the kernel) where the .repeat field of
> struct iio_scan_type is used and we have such a requirement. (The other
> case uses u16 instead of u32, so it wasn't affected.)
> 
> To make the reason for the alignment more explicit to future readers,
> we introduce a new macro, IIO_DECLARE_QUATERNION(), to declare the
> array with proper alignment. This is meant to follow the pattern of
> the similar IIO_DECLARE_BUFFER_WITH_TS() macro.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>

But this is in conflict with the other hack-patch in another series.
I'm a bit lost what patch 2 fixes here and that hack-patch fixes
in the same driver. Shouldn't survive only one?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko