RE: [PATCH 1/5] staging: comedi: das16: simplify cmd->scan_begin_src validation

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On Monday, January 26, 2015 3:29 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
> On 23/01/15 23:12, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>> The analog input (*do_cmdtest) in this driver currently validates that the
>> scan_begin_src is TRIG_FOLLOW or, if the board can_burst, TRIG_TIMER or TRIG_EXT.
>> The rest of the driver is coded to assume that the scan_begin_src is always
>> TRIG_FOLLOW.
>
> I don't think that's correct.  If the device allows bursting, 
> das16_cmd_ext() (*do_cmd()) has code to handle convert_src == TRIG_NOW, 
> which due to the validations in das16_cmd_test() (*do_cmdtest()) (step 
> 2b) implies that scan_begin_src != TRIG_FOLLOW.

Ah.. I overlooked that. Step 2b isn't very clear. Step 4 doesn't help clarify it, 
especially since the divisors are calculated again in the (*do_cmd). It's also
not nice that the (*do_cmd) possibly modifies cmd->convert_arg.

I'll take another look at it...

Regards,
Hartley
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