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-rw-r--r--drivers/comedi/drivers/multiq3.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/comedi/drivers/multiq3.c b/drivers/comedi/drivers/multiq3.c
index 07ff5383da99..ac369e9a262d 100644
--- a/drivers/comedi/drivers/multiq3.c
+++ b/drivers/comedi/drivers/multiq3.c
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
#define MULTIQ3_TRSFRCNTR_OL 0x10 /* xfer CNTR to OL (x and y) */
#define MULTIQ3_EFLAG_RESET 0x06 /* reset E bit of flag reg */
+/*
+ * Limit on the number of optional encoder channels
+ */
+#define MULTIQ3_MAX_ENC_CHANS 8
+
static void multiq3_set_ctrl(struct comedi_device *dev, unsigned int bits)
{
/*
@@ -312,6 +317,10 @@ static int multiq3_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
s->insn_read = multiq3_encoder_insn_read;
s->insn_config = multiq3_encoder_insn_config;
+ /* sanity check for number of encoder channels */
+ if (s->n_chan > MULTIQ3_MAX_ENC_CHANS)
+ s->n_chan = MULTIQ3_MAX_ENC_CHANS;
+
for (i = 0; i < s->n_chan; i++)
multiq3_encoder_reset(dev, i);