Re: [PATCH v3 03/13] dmaengine: dw-edma: Add delegated channel request helpers

From: Frank Li

Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 12:09:11 EST


On Sun, Jun 21, 2026 at 02:00:30AM +0900, Koichiro Den wrote:
> Endpoint functions that expose endpoint-local DesignWare eDMA channels
> to a remote host need to reserve exact hardware channels and hand
> interrupt ownership to the remote side before publishing the channels.
>
> Add DW eDMA-specific helpers that request a write/read hardware channel
> through DMAengine, keep the hardware-channel filter private to dw-edma,
> and switch the selected endpoint-local channel to remote interrupt
> routing after the channel has been successfully reserved. The matching
> release helper can quiesce the channel while it is still remote-routed,
> then restores the channel's default routing before releasing the
> DMAengine reservation. This lets callers skip quiesce when unwinding a
> reservation that was never exposed to host programming.
>
> Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

I have not see any place to use this functions, can you move it patches
serise, which use it?

So get these patches land firstly.

Frank

> Changes in v3:
> - New patch. Replace the public hardware-channel filter API with
> delegated channel request helpers so the filter stays private to
> dw-edma and delegated IRQ handoff is handled by dw-edma.
> - Hide the hardware-channel filter inside dw-edma instead of exposing
> it through public headers (Frank); add delegated-channel helpers
> instead.
> - Set endpoint-local delegated channels to remote IRQ routing after
> dma_request_channel().
> - Allow delegated-channel release to skip quiesce for reservations
> that were never exposed to host programming.
>
> drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/dma/edma.h | 14 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 95 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c b/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
> index 7a24248b84e9..ca0504eac1fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
> @@ -1192,6 +1192,87 @@ int dw_edma_remove(struct dw_edma_chip *chip)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dw_edma_remove);
>
> +struct dw_edma_delegated_chan_filter {
> + struct device *dma_dev;
> + bool write;
> + u16 id;
> +};
> +
> +static bool dw_edma_delegated_chan_filter(struct dma_chan *dchan, void *param)
> +{
> + struct dw_edma_delegated_chan_filter *filter = param;
> + struct dw_edma_chan *chan;
> +
> + if (!filter || dchan->device->dev != filter->dma_dev)
> + return false;
> +
> + chan = dchan2dw_edma_chan(dchan);
> +
> + return chan->dir == (filter->write ? EDMA_DIR_WRITE : EDMA_DIR_READ) &&
> + chan->id == filter->id;
> +}
> +
> +static int dw_edma_delegate_chan(struct dma_chan *dchan)
> +{
> + struct dw_edma_chan *chan = dchan2dw_edma_chan(dchan);
> +
> + if (!(chan->dw->chip->flags & DW_EDMA_CHIP_LOCAL))
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (chan->configured || chan->status != EDMA_ST_IDLE ||
> + chan->request != EDMA_REQ_NONE)
> + return -EBUSY;
> +
> + chan->irq_mode = DW_EDMA_CH_IRQ_REMOTE;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +struct dma_chan *dw_edma_request_delegated_chan(struct device *dma_dev,
> + bool write, u16 id)
> +{
> + struct dw_edma_delegated_chan_filter filter = {
> + .dma_dev = dma_dev,
> + .write = write,
> + .id = id,
> + };
> + struct dma_chan *dchan;
> + dma_cap_mask_t mask;
> +
> + if (!dma_dev)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + dma_cap_zero(mask);
> + dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, mask);
> +
> + dchan = dma_request_channel(mask, dw_edma_delegated_chan_filter,
> + &filter);
> + if (!dchan)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + if (dw_edma_delegate_chan(dchan)) {
> + dma_release_channel(dchan);
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + return dchan;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dw_edma_request_delegated_chan);
> +
> +void dw_edma_release_delegated_chan(struct dma_chan *dchan, bool quiesce)
> +{
> + struct dw_edma_chan *chan;
> +
> + if (!dchan)
> + return;
> +
> + chan = dchan2dw_edma_chan(dchan);
> + if (quiesce)
> + dw_edma_core_ch_quiesce(chan);
> + chan->irq_mode = dw_edma_get_irq_mode(chan);
> + dma_release_channel(dchan);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dw_edma_release_delegated_chan);
> +
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synopsys DesignWare eDMA controller core driver");
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Gustavo Pimentel <gustavo.pimentel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>");
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma/edma.h b/include/linux/dma/edma.h
> index c0906221a7c7..0ba8a1143fb2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma/edma.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma/edma.h
> @@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ struct dw_edma_chip {
> #if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_DW_EDMA)
> int dw_edma_probe(struct dw_edma_chip *chip);
> int dw_edma_remove(struct dw_edma_chip *chip);
> +struct dma_chan *dw_edma_request_delegated_chan(struct device *dma_dev,
> + bool write, u16 id);
> +void dw_edma_release_delegated_chan(struct dma_chan *chan, bool quiesce);
> #else
> static inline int dw_edma_probe(struct dw_edma_chip *chip)
> {
> @@ -150,6 +153,17 @@ static inline int dw_edma_remove(struct dw_edma_chip *chip)
> {
> return 0;
> }
> +
> +static inline struct dma_chan *
> +dw_edma_request_delegated_chan(struct device *dma_dev, bool write, u16 id)
> +{
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static inline void dw_edma_release_delegated_chan(struct dma_chan *chan,
> + bool quiesce)
> +{
> +}
> #endif /* CONFIG_DW_EDMA */
>
> #endif /* _DW_EDMA_H */
> --
> 2.51.0
>