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

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

On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:35:34PM +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 01/04/2016 04:35 AM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> The DMAengine API actually mandates that prep and submit must always be
> called in pairs, without any other DMAengine calls in between. The patch is
> correct.
> 
> Quoting from Documentation/dmaengine/client.txt:
> 
>    Once a descriptor has been obtained, the callback information can be
>    added and the descriptor must then be submitted.  Some DMA engine
>    drivers may hold a spinlock between a successful preparation and
>    submission so it is important that these two operations are closely
>    paired.

This is true for slave cases as has been made clear in the Documentation.
For non slave cases that is not entirely right. mic_x100 falls in latter
category.

Thanks
-- 
~Vinod