Re: [PATCH] dma: shdma: transfer based runtime PM

[Guennadi Liakhovetski]

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Vinod Koul wrote:

> On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 09:12 +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > > > > Something like:
> > > > > /* since callback is set for last descriptor of chain, we call runtime
> > > > >  * put for that desc alone
> > > > >  */
> > > > > list_for_each_entry_safe(desc, __desc, sh_chan->ld_queue, node) {
> > > > > 	if (desc->async_tx.callback)
> > > > > 		pm_runtime_put(device);
> > > > 
> > > > Not all dma users have callbacks.
> > > Do you have such usage today, at least I dont :)
> > > Nevertheless, in tx_submit adding a simple flag in your drivers
> > > descriptor structure can tell you whether to call _put() or not. Agreed?
> > 
> > Yes, I agree, that one could make this work too. Still, I do not 
> > understand how and why this is better to the extent, that I have to 
> > reimplement my patch, retest and resubmit it. Maybe Dan or Paul have an 
> > opinion on this?
> But wont it make code look simpler and cleaner, you don't reply on your
> counters but on pm_runtime infrastructure to do the job.

Sorry, I see it differently. I don't use any counters in my patch. I'm 
only checking for empty queue, i.e., I'm just identifying the first 
descriptor submission and the last completion or termination.

> You juts need
> to call _put/_get at right places, which IMO l;ooks lot simpler than
> current approach

If we didn't have to check for exact symmetry, then yes, I agree, this 
would be cleaner. I.e., if we indeed had well-defined entry- and 
exit-points, which are guaranteed to be called exact same number of times. 
Like, e.g., with file open() / close() etc. But since we don't have this 
symmetry, and instead have to add flags and iterate lists, this doesn't 
look natural and simple to me anymore, sorry.

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
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