Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: iio: cdc: ad7746: avoid overwrite of num_channels

[Lucas Stankus]

On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 12:51 PM Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 12 May 2021 20:20:02 +0300
> Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 11:55 PM Lucas Stankus
> > <lucas.p.stankus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > AD7745 devices don't have the CIN2 pins and therefore can't handle related
> > > channels. Forcing the number of AD7746 channels may lead to enabling more
> > > channels than what the hardware actually supports.
> > > Avoid num_channels being overwritten after first assignment.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Lucas Stankus <lucas.p.stankus@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c | 1 -
> > >  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c b/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c
> > > index e03d010b2f4c..9e0da43b2871 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/cdc/ad7746.c
> > > @@ -693,7 +693,6 @@ static int ad7746_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> > >                 indio_dev->num_channels = ARRAY_SIZE(ad7746_channels);
> > >         else
> > >                 indio_dev->num_channels =  ARRAY_SIZE(ad7746_channels) - 2;
> > > -       indio_dev->num_channels = ARRAY_SIZE(ad7746_channels);
> >
> > ohh; good catch
> >
> > this falls into the category of a fix, so a Fixes tag is required;
> > this looks so old, that i did not bother tracking it before
> > 83e416f458d53  [which is 2011]
> >
> > so, maybe something like:
> >
> > Fixes: 83e416f458d53 ("staging: iio: adc: Replace, rewrite ad7745 from
> > scratch.")
>
> ouch.  Given I was queuing up some fixes I've added this one to the fixes-togreg
> branch of iio.git and marked it for stable.
>
> So drop this one from your v2 series with the changes requested in patch 1.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan

No problems, but I think I should've better checked the mailing list before
sending the patch, it would have avoided the noise.

Anyway, thanks for the review :)

>
> >
> > >         indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
> > >
> > >         if (pdata) {
> > > --
> > > 2.31.1
> > >
>