Re: [PATCH v5 2/7] dmaengine: xilinx_dma: in axidma slave_sg and dma_cyclic mode align split descriptors

From: Vinod
Date: Tue Oct 02 2018 - 10:58:27 EST


On 28-09-18, 09:11, Andrea Merello wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 6:21 PM Vinod <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > @@ -1804,7 +1817,7 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *xilinx_dma_prep_slave_sg(
> > > * Calculate the maximum number of bytes to transfer,
> > > * making sure it is less than the hw limit
> > > */
> > > - copy = xilinx_dma_calc_copysize(sg_dma_len(sg),
> > > + copy = xilinx_dma_calc_copysize(chan, sg_dma_len(sg),
> >
> > why not keep chan in patch 1 and add only handling in patch 2, seems
> > less churn to me..
>
> Indeed this was something I was unsure about.. I ended up in feeling
> better not to add introduce a function that takes an unused (yet)
> argument, but I can change this of course :)

IMO It is fine to add a user in subsequent patch in a series. Not fine to
add something and not use in "that" series :)

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~Vinod