Re: [PATCH] dma: Revert "dmaengine: mic_x100: add missing spin_unlock"

[Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 07:35:23PM -0800, Ashutosh Dixit wrote:
> This reverts commit e958e079e254 ("dmaengine: mic_x100: add missing
> spin_unlock").
> 
> The above patch is incorrect. There is nothing wrong with the original
> code. The spin_lock is acquired in the "prep" functions and released
> in "submit".

And going by dmaengine sematics, I do not think that is entrely right.

A user may choose to prepare multiple desciptors and then sumbit later,
looking at code I do not see how that will work.

Please fix that


> 
> Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/mic_x100_dma.c | 15 +++++----------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/mic_x100_dma.c b/drivers/dma/mic_x100_dma.c
> index cddfa8d..068e920 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/mic_x100_dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/mic_x100_dma.c
> @@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ mic_dma_prep_memcpy_lock(struct dma_chan *ch, dma_addr_t dma_dest,
>  	struct mic_dma_chan *mic_ch = to_mic_dma_chan(ch);
>  	struct device *dev = mic_dma_ch_to_device(mic_ch);
>  	int result;
> -	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
>  
>  	if (!len && !flags)
>  		return NULL;
> @@ -325,13 +324,10 @@ mic_dma_prep_memcpy_lock(struct dma_chan *ch, dma_addr_t dma_dest,
>  	spin_lock(&mic_ch->prep_lock);
>  	result = mic_dma_do_dma(mic_ch, flags, dma_src, dma_dest, len);
>  	if (result >= 0)
> -		tx = allocate_tx(mic_ch);
> -
> -	if (!tx)
> -		dev_err(dev, "Error enqueueing dma, error=%d\n", result);
> -
> +		return allocate_tx(mic_ch);
> +	dev_err(dev, "Error enqueueing dma, error=%d\n", result);
>  	spin_unlock(&mic_ch->prep_lock);
> -	return tx;
> +	return NULL;
>  }
>  
>  static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
> @@ -339,14 +335,13 @@ mic_dma_prep_interrupt_lock(struct dma_chan *ch, unsigned long flags)
>  {
>  	struct mic_dma_chan *mic_ch = to_mic_dma_chan(ch);
>  	int ret;
> -	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
>  
>  	spin_lock(&mic_ch->prep_lock);
>  	ret = mic_dma_do_dma(mic_ch, flags, 0, 0, 0);
>  	if (!ret)
> -		tx = allocate_tx(mic_ch);
> +		return allocate_tx(mic_ch);
>  	spin_unlock(&mic_ch->prep_lock);
> -	return tx;
> +	return NULL;
>  }
>  
>  /* Return the status of the transaction */
> -- 
> 2.0.0.rc3.2.g998f840
> 

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~Vinod