Re: [PATCH V2 2/3] dmaselftest: add memcpy selftest support functions

[Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>]

On 11/2/2015 11:15 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 01:07:38AM -0500, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>> This patch adds supporting utility functions
>> for selftest. The intention is to share the self
>> test code between different drivers.
>>
>> Supported test cases include:
>> 1. dma_map_single
>> 2. streaming DMA
>> 3. coherent DMA
>> 4. scatter-gather DMA
>
> This seems quite similar to dmatest, any reason why you cannot use/enhance
> that?
>
Dmatest is a standalone kernel module intended for stress testing DMA 
engines from userspace with N number of threads and M size combinations etc.

This one; on the other hand, is selftest to verify hardware is working 
as expected during power up.

Almost all DMA engine drivers come with some sort of selftest code 
called from probe. I followed the same design pattern.

I think the goal is to remove the duplicate self test code in all 
drivers over time.


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