}
 
 /* allocates chunk for the writer from free buffer space */
-unsigned int comedi_buf_write_alloc(struct comedi_async *async,
+unsigned int comedi_buf_write_alloc(struct comedi_subdevice *s,
                                    unsigned int nbytes)
 {
-       return __comedi_buf_write_alloc(async, nbytes, 0);
+       return __comedi_buf_write_alloc(s->async, nbytes, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(comedi_buf_write_alloc);
 
 
 
        if (bi.bytes_written && (s->subdev_flags & SDF_CMD_WRITE)) {
                bi.bytes_written =
-                   comedi_buf_write_alloc(async, bi.bytes_written);
+                   comedi_buf_write_alloc(s, bi.bytes_written);
                comedi_buf_write_free(async, bi.bytes_written);
        }
 
                unsigned int bps = bytes_per_sample(s);
 
                poll_wait(file, &s->async->wait_head, wait);
-               comedi_buf_write_alloc(s->async, s->async->prealloc_bufsz);
+               comedi_buf_write_alloc(s, s->async->prealloc_bufsz);
                if (!s->busy || !comedi_is_subdevice_running(s) ||
                    comedi_buf_write_n_allocated(s->async) >= bps)
                        mask |= POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM;
                m = n;
                if (async->buf_write_ptr + m > async->prealloc_bufsz)
                        m = async->prealloc_bufsz - async->buf_write_ptr;
-               comedi_buf_write_alloc(async, async->prealloc_bufsz);
+               comedi_buf_write_alloc(s, async->prealloc_bufsz);
                if (m > comedi_buf_write_n_allocated(async))
                        m = comedi_buf_write_n_allocated(async);
                if (m < n)
 
  */
 int comedi_set_hw_dev(struct comedi_device *dev, struct device *hw_dev);
 
-unsigned int comedi_buf_write_alloc(struct comedi_async *, unsigned int);
+unsigned int comedi_buf_write_alloc(struct comedi_subdevice *s, unsigned int n);
 unsigned int comedi_buf_write_free(struct comedi_async *, unsigned int);
 
 unsigned int comedi_buf_read_n_available(struct comedi_async *);
 
                        s->async->events |= COMEDI_CB_EOS;
 
                        /*  Test if enougth memory is available and allocate it for 7 values */
-                       /* n = comedi_buf_write_alloc(s->async, 7*sizeof(unsigned int)); */
-                       n = comedi_buf_write_alloc(s->async,
+                       n = comedi_buf_write_alloc(s,
                                (7 + 12) * sizeof(unsigned int));
 
                        /*  If not enough memory available, event is set to Comedi Buffer Error */
 
        if (num_bytes == 0)
                return 0;
 
-       retval = comedi_buf_write_alloc(async, num_bytes);
+       retval = comedi_buf_write_alloc(s, num_bytes);
        if (retval != num_bytes) {
                dev_warn(s->device->class_dev, "buffer overrun\n");
                async->events |= COMEDI_CB_OVERFLOW;
 
 
        old_alloc_count = async->buf_write_alloc_count;
        /* write alloc as much as we can */
-       comedi_buf_write_alloc(async, async->prealloc_bufsz);
+       comedi_buf_write_alloc(s, async->prealloc_bufsz);
 
        nbytes = mite_bytes_written_to_memory_lb(mite_chan);
        if ((int)(mite_bytes_written_to_memory_ub(mite_chan) -
 
 /* printk("comedi_debug: using mite channel %i for ai.\n", devpriv->ai_mite_chan->channel); */
 
        /* write alloc the entire buffer */
-       comedi_buf_write_alloc(s->async, s->async->prealloc_bufsz);
+       comedi_buf_write_alloc(s, s->async->prealloc_bufsz);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&devpriv->mite_channel_lock, flags);
        if (devpriv->ai_mite_chan == NULL) {
 
                return retval;
 
        /* write alloc the entire buffer */
-       comedi_buf_write_alloc(s->async, s->async->prealloc_bufsz);
+       comedi_buf_write_alloc(s, s->async->prealloc_bufsz);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&devpriv->mite_channel_lock, flags);
        if (devpriv->di_mite_chan) {
 
        int retval = 0;
 
        /* write alloc the entire buffer */
-       comedi_buf_write_alloc(async, async->prealloc_bufsz);
+       comedi_buf_write_alloc(s, async->prealloc_bufsz);
        counter->mite_chan->dir = COMEDI_INPUT;
        switch (counter_dev->variant) {
        case ni_gpct_variant_m_series: