diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_sensorhub_ring.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_sensorhub_ring.c
index 71948dade0e2aedd0a1f1b4ea09dc954c6fb5b5e..1205219515d67c8ce999e5df4171c5dd1d1d28c7 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_sensorhub_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_sensorhub_ring.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cros_ec_sensorhub_unregister_push_data);
  * @sensorhub: Sensor Hub object
  * @on: true when events are requested.
  *
- * To be called before sleeping or when noone is listening.
+ * To be called before sleeping or when no one is listening.
  * Return: 0 on success, or an error when we can not communicate with the EC.
  *
  */
@@ -133,33 +133,61 @@ int cros_ec_sensorhub_ring_fifo_enable(struct cros_ec_sensorhub *sensorhub,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int cros_ec_sensor_ring_median_cmp(const void *pv1, const void *pv2)
+static void cros_ec_sensor_ring_median_swap(s64 *a, s64 *b)
 {
-	s64 v1 = *(s64 *)pv1;
-	s64 v2 = *(s64 *)pv2;
-
-	if (v1 > v2)
-		return 1;
-	else if (v1 < v2)
-		return -1;
-	else
-		return 0;
+	s64 tmp = *a;
+	*a = *b;
+	*b = tmp;
 }
 
 /*
  * cros_ec_sensor_ring_median: Gets median of an array of numbers
  *
- * For now it's implemented using an inefficient > O(n) sort then return
- * the middle element. A more optimal method would be something like
- * quickselect, but given that n = 64 we can probably live with it in the
- * name of clarity.
+ * It's implemented using the quickselect algorithm, which achieves an
+ * average time complexity of O(n) the middle element. In the worst case,
+ * the runtime of quickselect could regress to O(n^2). To mitigate this,
+ * algorithms like median-of-medians exist, which can guarantee O(n) even
+ * in the worst case. However, these algorithms come with a higher
+ * overhead and are more complex to implement, making quickselect a
+ * pragmatic choice for our use case.
  *
- * Warning: the input array gets modified (sorted)!
+ * Warning: the input array gets modified!
  */
 static s64 cros_ec_sensor_ring_median(s64 *array, size_t length)
 {
-	sort(array, length, sizeof(s64), cros_ec_sensor_ring_median_cmp, NULL);
-	return array[length / 2];
+	int lo = 0;
+	int hi = length - 1;
+
+	while (lo <= hi) {
+		int mid = lo + (hi - lo) / 2;
+		int pivot, i;
+
+		if (array[lo] > array[mid])
+			cros_ec_sensor_ring_median_swap(&array[lo], &array[mid]);
+		if (array[lo] > array[hi])
+			cros_ec_sensor_ring_median_swap(&array[lo], &array[hi]);
+		if (array[mid] < array[hi])
+			cros_ec_sensor_ring_median_swap(&array[mid], &array[hi]);
+
+		pivot = array[hi];
+		i = lo - 1;
+
+		for (int j = lo; j < hi; j++)
+			if (array[j] < pivot)
+				cros_ec_sensor_ring_median_swap(&array[++i], &array[j]);
+
+		/* The pivot's index corresponds to i+1. */
+		cros_ec_sensor_ring_median_swap(&array[i + 1], &array[hi]);
+		if (i + 1 == length / 2)
+			return array[i + 1];
+		if (i + 1 > length / 2)
+			hi = i;
+		else
+			lo = i + 2;
+	}
+
+	/* Should never reach here. */
+	return -1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -175,8 +203,8 @@ static s64 cros_ec_sensor_ring_median(s64 *array, size_t length)
  *
  * While a and b are recorded at accurate times (due to the EC real time
  * nature); c is pretty untrustworthy, even though it's recorded the
- * first thing in ec_irq_handler(). There is a very good change we'll get
- * added lantency due to:
+ * first thing in ec_irq_handler(). There is a very good chance we'll get
+ * added latency due to:
  *   other irqs
  *   ddrfreq
  *   cpuidle
@@ -511,7 +539,7 @@ cros_ec_sensor_ring_process_event(struct cros_ec_sensorhub *sensorhub,
  *                                 ringbuffer.
  *
  * This is the new spreading code, assumes every sample's timestamp
- * preceeds the sample. Run if tight_timestamps == true.
+ * precedes the sample. Run if tight_timestamps == true.
  *
  * Sometimes the EC receives only one interrupt (hence timestamp) for
  * a batch of samples. Only the first sample will have the correct
@@ -595,7 +623,7 @@ cros_ec_sensor_ring_spread_add(struct cros_ec_sensorhub *sensorhub,
 			} else {
 				/*
 				 * Push first sample in the batch to the,
-				 * kifo, it's guaranteed to be correct, the
+				 * kfifo, it's guaranteed to be correct, the
 				 * rest will follow later on.
 				 */
 				sample_idx = 1;
@@ -701,7 +729,7 @@ cros_ec_sensor_ring_spread_add(struct cros_ec_sensorhub *sensorhub,
  *           last_out -->
  *
  *
- * We spread time for the samples using perod p = (current - TS1)/4.
+ * We spread time for the samples using period p = (current - TS1)/4.
  * between TS1 and TS2: [TS1+p/4, TS1+2p/4, TS1+3p/4, current_timestamp].
  *
  */
diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_vbc.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_vbc.c
index 2e4af10c76792e3efce87decd00bbfc98ddd5bbf..274ea0c64b33ba0992c3e6d5fd6503ed564fa96a 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_vbc.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_vbc.c
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ static ssize_t vboot_context_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct cros_ec_dev *ec = to_cros_ec_dev(dev);
 	struct cros_ec_device *ecdev = ec->ec_dev;
-	struct ec_params_vbnvcontext *params;
 	struct cros_ec_command *msg;
+	/*
+	 * This should be a pointer to the same type as op field in
+	 * struct ec_params_vbnvcontext.
+	 */
+	uint32_t *params_op;
 	int err;
-	const size_t para_sz = sizeof(params->op);
+	const size_t para_sz = sizeof(*params_op);
 	const size_t resp_sz = sizeof(struct ec_response_vbnvcontext);
 	const size_t payload = max(para_sz, resp_sz);
 
@@ -32,8 +36,8 @@ static ssize_t vboot_context_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* NB: we only kmalloc()ated enough space for the op field */
-	params = (struct ec_params_vbnvcontext *)msg->data;
-	params->op = EC_VBNV_CONTEXT_OP_READ;
+	params_op = (uint32_t *)msg->data;
+	*params_op = EC_VBNV_CONTEXT_OP_READ;
 
 	msg->version = EC_VER_VBNV_CONTEXT;
 	msg->command = EC_CMD_VBNV_CONTEXT;
diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/event.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/event.c
index f80a7c83cfba02d29f3d464af4386c94f55c7026..13291fb4214e82bf78cb73e8b19916a5da68faa6 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/event.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/event.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int event_device_add(struct acpi_device *adev)
 free_dev_data:
 	hangup_device(dev_data);
 free_minor:
-	ida_simple_remove(&event_ida, minor);
+	ida_free(&event_ida, minor);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static void event_device_remove(struct acpi_device *adev)
 	struct event_device_data *dev_data = adev->driver_data;
 
 	cdev_device_del(&dev_data->cdev, &dev_data->dev);
-	ida_simple_remove(&event_ida, MINOR(dev_data->dev.devt));
+	ida_free(&event_ida, MINOR(dev_data->dev.devt));
 	hangup_device(dev_data);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/telemetry.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/telemetry.c
index 253098bace63e32192b8ef850913ab5a59daba44..b7c616f3d179bf669e4248944886cea6419efc1c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/telemetry.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/telemetry.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static int telem_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	dev_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev_data) {
-		ida_simple_remove(&telem_ida, minor);
+		ida_free(&telem_ida, minor);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static int telem_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	error = cdev_device_add(&dev_data->cdev, &dev_data->dev);
 	if (error) {
 		put_device(&dev_data->dev);
-		ida_simple_remove(&telem_ida, minor);
+		ida_free(&telem_ida, minor);
 		return error;
 	}
 
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static void telem_device_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct telem_device_data *dev_data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	cdev_device_del(&dev_data->cdev, &dev_data->dev);
-	ida_simple_remove(&telem_ida, MINOR(dev_data->dev.devt));
+	ida_free(&telem_ida, MINOR(dev_data->dev.devt));
 	put_device(&dev_data->dev);
 }