Re: [PATCH] dmatest: properly handle duplicate DMA channels

From: Dan Williams
Date: Sat Sep 20 2008 - 17:40:52 EST


On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:21:19 -0500
> Timur Tabi <timur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> --- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
>> +++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
>> @@ -321,10 +321,15 @@ static void dmatest_cleanup_channel(struct dmatest_chan *dtc)
>>
>> static enum dma_state_client dmatest_add_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
>> {
>> - struct dmatest_chan *dtc;
>> + struct dmatest_chan *dtc, *_dtc;
>> struct dmatest_thread *thread;
>> unsigned int i;
>>
>> + /* Have we already been told about this channel? */
>> + list_for_each_entry_safe(dtc, _dtc, &dmatest_channels, node)
>> + if (dtc->chan == chan)
>> + return DMA_DUP;
>> +
>> dtc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dmatest_chan), GFP_ATOMIC);
>> if (!dtc) {
>> pr_warning("dmatest: No memory for %s\n", chan->dev.bus_id);
>
> hm. A few lines after that GFP_ATOMIC the driver does a GFP_KERNEL
> allocation.
>
> One of them is incorrect. The interface is undocumented (natch), but I
> assume that GFP_KERNEL is the one to use here.
>

The interface is documented, although not the locking (natch), at
include/linux/dmaengine.h:229. When I fix this up is there a
canonical location to document a callback interface rather than at the
callback's typedef?

Thanks,
Dan
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