This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled staging: comedi: ni_mio_common: fix E series ni_ai_insn_read() data to my staging git tree which can be found at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git in the staging-testing branch. The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree (usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.) The patch will be merged to the staging-next branch sometime soon, after it passes testing, and the merge window is open. If you have any questions about this process, please let me know. >From 857a661020a2de3a0304edf33ad656abee100891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:16:22 +0000 Subject: staging: comedi: ni_mio_common: fix E series ni_ai_insn_read() data Commit 0557344e2149 ("staging: comedi: ni_mio_common: fix local var for 32-bit read") changed the type of local variable `d` from `unsigned short` to `unsigned int` to fix a bug introduced in commit 9c340ac934db ("staging: comedi: ni_stc.h: add read/write callbacks to struct ni_private") when reading AI data for NI PCI-6110 and PCI-6111 cards. Unfortunately, other parts of the function rely on the variable being `unsigned short` when an offset value in local variable `signbits` is added to `d` before writing the value to the `data` array: d += signbits; data[n] = d; The `signbits` variable will be non-zero in bipolar mode, and is used to convert the hardware's 2's complement, 16-bit numbers to Comedi's straight binary sample format (with 0 representing the most negative voltage). This breaks because `d` is now 32 bits wide instead of 16 bits wide, so after the addition of `signbits`, `data[n]` ends up being set to values above 65536 for negative voltages. This affects all supported "E series" cards except PCI-6143 (and PXI-6143). Fix it by ANDing the value written to the `data[n]` with the mask 0xffff. Fixes: 0557344e2149 ("staging: comedi: ni_mio_common: fix local var for 32-bit read") Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ---- Needs backporting to stable kernels 3.18 onwards. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c index 95435395c746..a974ab772937 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_mio_common.c @@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ static int ni_ai_insn_read(struct comedi_device *dev, return -ETIME; } d += signbits; - data[n] = d; + data[n] = d & 0xffff; } } else if (devpriv->is_6143) { for (n = 0; n < insn->n; n++) { @@ -1924,9 +1924,8 @@ static int ni_ai_insn_read(struct comedi_device *dev, data[n] = dl; } else { d = ni_readw(dev, NI_E_AI_FIFO_DATA_REG); - /* subtle: needs to be short addition */ d += signbits; - data[n] = d; + data[n] = d & 0xffff; } } } -- 2.10.2 -- 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