4.7-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> commit f0f4b0cc3a8cffd983f5940d46cd0227f3f5710a upstream. Commit ebb657babfa9 ("staging: comedi: ni_mio_common: clarify the cmd->start_arg validation and use") introduced a backwards compatibility issue in the use of asynchronous commands on the AO subdevice when `start_src` is `TRIG_EXT`. Valid values for `start_src` are `TRIG_INT` (for internal, software trigger), and `TRIG_EXT` (for external trigger). When set to `TRIG_EXT`. In both cases, the driver relies on an internal, software trigger to set things up (allowing the user application to write sufficient samples to the data buffer before the trigger), so it acts as a software "pre-trigger" in the `TRIG_EXT` case. The software trigger is handled by `ni_ao_inttrig()`. Prior to the above change, when `start_src` was `TRIG_INT`, `start_arg` was required to be 0, and `ni_ao_inttrig()` checked that the software trigger number was also 0. After the above change, when `start_src` was `TRIG_INT`, any value was allowed for `start_arg`, and `ni_ao_inttrig()` checked that the software trigger number matched this `start_arg` value. The backwards compatibility issue is that the internal trigger number now has to match `start_arg` when `start_src` is `TRIG_EXT` when it previously had to be 0. Fix the backwards compatibility issue in `ni_ao_inttrig()` by always allowing software trigger number 0 when `start_src` is something other than `TRIG_INT`. Thanks to Spencer Olson for reporting the issue. Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Spencer Olson <olsonse@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: ebb657babfa9 ("staging: comedi: ni_mio_common: clarify the cmd->start_arg validation and use") Reviewed-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c @@ -2772,7 +2772,15 @@ static int ni_ao_inttrig(struct comedi_d int i; static const int timeout = 1000; - if (trig_num != cmd->start_arg) + /* + * Require trig_num == cmd->start_arg when cmd->start_src == TRIG_INT. + * For backwards compatibility, also allow trig_num == 0 when + * cmd->start_src != TRIG_INT (i.e. when cmd->start_src == TRIG_EXT); + * in that case, the internal trigger is being used as a pre-trigger + * before the external trigger. + */ + if (!(trig_num == cmd->start_arg || + (trig_num == 0 && cmd->start_src != TRIG_INT))) return -EINVAL; /* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html