RE: [PATCH 0/6] staging: comedi: usbduxsigma: fix some problems in command handling

From: Hartley Sweeten
Date: Fri Jul 24 2015 - 13:02:50 EST


On Thursday, July 23, 2015 8:47 AM, Ian Abbott wrote:
>
> Fix some minor problems in the testing of asynchronous commands for the AI
> and AO subdevices and remove some redundant code.
>
> The main problem is that the testing of a new command can affect the
> operation of an already running command, which it isn't supposed to do. (In
> practice, applications don't tend to test new commands while a command is
> running on the same subdevice, so the bug can be classed as minor.) This is
> corrected by the patches 1 and 2, for the AI and AO subdevices,
> respectively.
>
> 1) staging: comedi: usbduxsigma: don't clobber ai_timer in command test
> 2) staging: comedi: usbduxsigma: don't clobber ao_timer in command test
> 3) staging: comedi: usbduxsigma: remove AI scan_begin_src == TRIG_FOLLOW
> 4) staging: comedi: usbduxsigma: round down AI scan_begin_arg at step 4.
> 5) staging: comedi: usbduxsigma: remove unused "convert" timing for AO
> 6) staging: comedi: usbduxsigma: round down AO scan_begin_arg at step 4.
>
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxsigma.c | 139 +++++++++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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