Re: [PATCH V2 2/4] dmaengine: xilinx_dma: Fix irq handler and start transfer path for AXI DMA

[Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@marvell.com>]

On 2025-07-10 at 10:12:27, Suraj Gupta (suraj.gupta2@amd.com) wrote:
> AXI DMA driver incorrectly assumes complete transfer completion upon
> IRQ reception, particularly problematic when IRQ coalescing is active.
> Updating the tail pointer dynamically fixes it.
> Remove existing idle state validation in the beginning of
> xilinx_dma_start_transfer() as it blocks valid transfer initiation on
> busy channels with queued descriptors.
> Additionally, refactor xilinx_dma_start_transfer() to consolidate coalesce
> and delay configurations while conditionally starting channels
> only when idle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2@amd.com>
> Fixes: Fixes: c0bba3a99f07 ("dmaengine: vdma: Add Support for Xilinx AXI Direct Memory Access Engine")

You series looks like net-next material and this one is fixing some
existing bug. Send this one patch seperately to net.
Also include net or net-next in subject.

Thanks,
Sundeep
> ---
>  drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
> index a34d8f0ceed8..187749b7b8a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_dma.c
> @@ -1548,9 +1548,6 @@ static void xilinx_dma_start_transfer(struct xilinx_dma_chan *chan)
>  	if (list_empty(&chan->pending_list))
>  		return;
>  
> -	if (!chan->idle)
> -		return;
> -
>  	head_desc = list_first_entry(&chan->pending_list,
>  				     struct xilinx_dma_tx_descriptor, node);
>  	tail_desc = list_last_entry(&chan->pending_list,
> @@ -1558,23 +1555,24 @@ static void xilinx_dma_start_transfer(struct xilinx_dma_chan *chan)
>  	tail_segment = list_last_entry(&tail_desc->segments,
>  				       struct xilinx_axidma_tx_segment, node);
>  
> +	if (chan->has_sg && list_empty(&chan->active_list))
> +		xilinx_write(chan, XILINX_DMA_REG_CURDESC,
> +			     head_desc->async_tx.phys);
> +
>  	reg = dma_ctrl_read(chan, XILINX_DMA_REG_DMACR);
>  
>  	if (chan->desc_pendingcount <= XILINX_DMA_COALESCE_MAX) {
>  		reg &= ~XILINX_DMA_CR_COALESCE_MAX;
>  		reg |= chan->desc_pendingcount <<
>  				  XILINX_DMA_CR_COALESCE_SHIFT;
> -		dma_ctrl_write(chan, XILINX_DMA_REG_DMACR, reg);
>  	}
>  
> -	if (chan->has_sg)
> -		xilinx_write(chan, XILINX_DMA_REG_CURDESC,
> -			     head_desc->async_tx.phys);
>  	reg  &= ~XILINX_DMA_CR_DELAY_MAX;
>  	reg  |= chan->irq_delay << XILINX_DMA_CR_DELAY_SHIFT;
>  	dma_ctrl_write(chan, XILINX_DMA_REG_DMACR, reg);
>  
> -	xilinx_dma_start(chan);
> +	if (chan->idle)
> +		xilinx_dma_start(chan);
>  
>  	if (chan->err)
>  		return;
> @@ -1914,8 +1912,10 @@ static irqreturn_t xilinx_dma_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
>  		      XILINX_DMA_DMASR_DLY_CNT_IRQ)) {
>  		spin_lock(&chan->lock);
>  		xilinx_dma_complete_descriptor(chan);
> -		chan->idle = true;
> -		chan->start_transfer(chan);
> +		if (list_empty(&chan->active_list)) {
> +			chan->idle = true;
> +			chan->start_transfer(chan);
> +		}
>  		spin_unlock(&chan->lock);
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>