Re: [PATCH v5 06/10] dmaengine: add API for getting dma controller's quirk

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Mon Oct 05 2015 - 11:38:05 EST


On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:48:59AM +0800, Shawn Lin wrote:
> Add dmaengine_get_quirks API for peripheral devices to query
> quirks if they need it to make special workaround due to broken
> dma controller design.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes in v5: None
> Changes in v4: None
> Changes in v3: None
> Changes in v2: None
> Changes in v1: None
>
> include/linux/dmaengine.h | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> index e2f5eb4..5174ca4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> @@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ struct dma_device {
>
> int (*device_config)(struct dma_chan *chan,
> struct dma_slave_config *config);
> + int (*device_get_quirks)(struct dma_chan *chan);

And why do we want to expose this to users? THis doesnt seem right!

A quirk may exists but should be handled inside the controller driver and do
appropriate action. You don't tell users or expect them to handle these

--
~Vinod
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