Commit ebb657babf ("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@mev.co.uk>
Reported-by: Spencer Olson <olsonse@umich.edu>
Fixes: ebb657babf ("staging: comedi: ni_mio_common: clarify the cmd->start_arg validation and use")
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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