DMA is optional with this driver. If it was not enabled the devpriv->dma pointer will be NULL. Fix the possible NULL pointer dereference when trying to disable the DMA channels. Also, tidy up the comments to fix the checkpatch.pl issues: WARNING: line over 80 characters Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c index bdf30f8..d8f4e3f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das1800.c @@ -458,14 +458,17 @@ static int das1800_ai_cancel(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_isadma_desc *desc; int i; - outb(0x0, dev->iobase + DAS1800_STATUS); /* disable conversions */ - outb(0x0, dev->iobase + DAS1800_CONTROL_B); /* disable interrupts and dma */ - outb(0x0, dev->iobase + DAS1800_CONTROL_A); /* disable and clear fifo and stop triggering */ - - for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) { - desc = &dma->desc[i]; - if (desc->chan) - comedi_isadma_disable(desc->chan); + /* disable and stop conversions */ + outb(0x0, dev->iobase + DAS1800_STATUS); + outb(0x0, dev->iobase + DAS1800_CONTROL_B); + outb(0x0, dev->iobase + DAS1800_CONTROL_A); + + if (dma) { + for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) { + desc = &dma->desc[i]; + if (desc->chan) + comedi_isadma_disable(desc->chan); + } } return 0; -- 2.6.3 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel