1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c
index c2d51cf3c639..8e4ea8906dc7 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c
@@ -998,6 +998,18 @@ static int setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 
         /* chip_info isn't always needed */
         if (chip_info) {
+                /* Make sure people stop trying to set fields via ctl_reg
+                 * when they should actually be using common SPI framework.
+                 * Currently we let through: WOM EMISO PSSE GM SZ TIMOD.
+                 * Not sure if a user actually needs/uses any of these,
+                 * but let's assume (for now) they do.
+                 */
+                if (chip_info->ctl_reg & (SPE|MSTR|CPOL|CPHA|LSBF|SIZE)) {
+                        dev_err(&spi->dev, "do not set bits in ctl_reg "
+                                "that the SPI framework manages\n");
+                        return -EINVAL;
+                }
+
                 chip->enable_dma = chip_info->enable_dma != 0
                     && drv_data->master_info->enable_dma;
                 chip->ctl_reg = chip_info->ctl_reg;