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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c b/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
index f0c6f54a8b2f..3040830d7797 100644
--- a/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
+++ b/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void print_usage(void)
"Capture, convert and output data from IIO device buffer\n"
" -a Auto-activate all available channels\n"
" -A Force-activate ALL channels\n"
- " -c <n> Do n conversions\n"
+ " -c <n> Do n conversions, or loop forever if n < 0\n"
" -e Disable wait for event (new data)\n"
" -g Use trigger-less mode\n"
" -l <n> Set buffer length to n samples\n"
@@ -330,11 +330,14 @@ static const struct option longopts[] = {
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
- unsigned long num_loops = 2;
+ unsigned long long num_loops = 2;
unsigned long timedelay = 1000000;
unsigned long buf_len = 128;
- int ret, c, i, j, toread;
+ ssize_t i;
+ unsigned long long j;
+ unsigned long toread;
+ int ret, c;
int fp = -1;
int num_channels = 0;
@@ -366,7 +369,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
break;
case 'c':
errno = 0;
- num_loops = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+ num_loops = strtoll(optarg, &dummy, 10);
if (errno) {
ret = -errno;
goto error;
@@ -634,7 +637,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
goto error;
}
- for (j = 0; j < num_loops; j++) {
+ for (j = 0; j < num_loops || num_loops < 0; j++) {
if (!noevents) {
struct pollfd pfd = {
.fd = fp,