Re: [PATCH] ASYNC_TX: fix the bug in async_tx_run_dependencies

From: Ilya Yanok
Date: Fri Sep 05 2008 - 09:16:48 EST


Dear Wolfgang,

this patch is already applied (d2029eba in linux-2.6-denx repo) I just
sent it upstream.

Regards, Ilya.

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> Should clear the next pointer of the TX if we are sure that the
>> next TX (say NXT) will be submitted to the channel too. Overwise,
>> we break the chain of descriptors, because we lose the information
>> about the next descriptor to run. So next time, when invoke
>> async_tx_run_dependencies() with TX, it's TX->next will be NULL, and
>> NXT will be never submitted.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yuri Tikhonov <yur@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> crypto/async_tx/async_tx.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>
> What about this patch? SHould it be applied to our repository?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
>

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