Re: [PATCH 05/10] dmaengine: bcm2835-dma: Use vchan_terminate_vdesc() instead of desc_free

[Peter Ujfalusi]

Eric,

On 11/15/2017 08:53 PM, Eric Anholt wrote:
> Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> To avoid race with vchan_complete, use the race free way to terminate
>> running transfer.
>>
>> Implement the device_synchronize callback to make sure that the terminated
>> descriptor is freed.
>>
>> CC: Martin Sperl <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx>
> 
> I haven't fully followed the series, but thanks for porting your fix to
> other platforms!
I have seen similar patterns in these drivers and it was the right thing to do
imho.
Unfortunately I can not test on other platforms than eDMA and sDMA, but I
firmly believe that based on the usage it should be fine as it survives my
torture tests.

It would be great to see some Tested-by from others to have more coverage.

> Acked-by: Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you!


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