[PATCH v2] ASoC: soc-generic-dmaengine: Handle DMA channel request failures correctly

From: phucduc . bui

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 01:26:36 EST


From: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>

Currently any dma_request_chan() failure other than -EPROBE_DEFER is
silently ignored, since a missing channel is expected for devices that
only support one DMA direction.

Improve the handling of these failures by:
- reporting failures when a configured DMA channel cannot be requested;
- failing probe if neither playback nor capture obtains a DMA channel,
since the PCM device would be unusable.

Devices that legitimately support only one DMA direction continue to
work as before.

Signed-off-by: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes in v2:
- Update the commit message and title.
- Refine DMA channel request failure handling to match the
dma_request_chan() implementation.

sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
index 467426d2b5e4..7ed698314573 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
// Copyright (C) 2013, Analog Devices Inc.
// Author: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>

+#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
@@ -395,6 +396,28 @@ static int dmaengine_pcm_request_chan_of(struct dmaengine_pcm *pcm,
*/
if (PTR_ERR(chan) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+ bool has_fw_node = dev->of_node || is_acpi_device_node(dev->fwnode);
+ bool has_legacy_config = config->chan_names[i];
+ bool name_exists_in_fw = false;
+
+ if (has_fw_node)
+ name_exists_in_fw = device_property_match_string(dev,
+ "dma-names",
+ name) >= 0;
+
+ if (has_fw_node && name_exists_in_fw)
+ dev_warn(dev, "DTS/ACPI DMA channel '%s' request failed (%ld)\n",
+ name, PTR_ERR(chan));
+
+ if (has_fw_node && !name_exists_in_fw && has_legacy_config)
+ dev_warn(dev, "DTS/ACPI name '%s' not found, legacy failed (%ld)\n",
+ name, PTR_ERR(chan));
+
+ if (!has_fw_node && has_legacy_config)
+ dev_warn(dev, "Legacy DMA channel '%s' request failed (%ld)\n",
+ name, PTR_ERR(chan));
+
pcm->chan[i] = NULL;
} else {
pcm->chan[i] = chan;
@@ -406,6 +429,12 @@ static int dmaengine_pcm_request_chan_of(struct dmaengine_pcm *pcm,
if (pcm->flags & SND_DMAENGINE_PCM_FLAG_HALF_DUPLEX)
pcm->chan[1] = pcm->chan[0];

+ if (!pcm->chan[0] &&
+ !pcm->chan[1]) {
+ dev_err(dev, "no DMA channel found for either playback or capture\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
return 0;
}

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2.43.0