From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: romain.perier@collabora.com (Romain Perier) Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 10:31:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH v2 1/6] serial: imx: only set DMA rx-ing when DMA starts In-Reply-To: <20170705132910.nmixhnh4l6h2hlga@pengutronix.de> References: <20170705130706.10388-1-romain.perier@collabora.com> <20170705130706.10388-2-romain.perier@collabora.com> <20170705132910.nmixhnh4l6h2hlga@pengutronix.de> Message-ID: <49bfa666-b036-3ed9-8209-9ea59468371b@collabora.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hello, Le 05/07/2017 ? 15:29, Uwe Kleine-K?nig a ?crit : > Hello, > > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 03:07:01PM +0200, Romain Perier wrote: >> From: Nandor Han >> >> Avoid the situation when `dma_is_rxing` could incorrectly signal that >> DMA RX channel is receiving data in case DMA preparation or sg mapping >> fails. >> >> This commit fixes the issues by moving the assignment of dma_is_rxing >> out of imx_disable_rx_int(), then the variable is set to 1 from >> start_rx_dma() only when the preparation is correctly done. > I'd write: > > There are a few issues with setting dma_is_rxing to 1 in > imx_disable_rx_int: > > - Currently always after imx_disable_rx_int() the function > start_rx_dma() is called. This dependency isn't obvious though. > - start_rx_dma() does error checking and might exit without enabling > DMA but keeping dma_is_rxing 1. > > So the more natural place for setting dma_is_rxing to 1 is in > start_rx_dma after all errors are checked. > > If you use this, there is nothing left of Nandor Han's patch and you can > drop his authorship. > > Best regards > Uwe > Ok, will do. No other feedback for the rest of the series ? (just to know if I send a v3 or If I wait a bit...) Thanks, Romain