Re: [PATCH 2/4] dmaengine: qcom_bam_dma: clear BAM interrupt only if it is rised

[Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@linaro.org>]

On 12/01/2015 12:29 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 December 2015 11:14:57 Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
>> +       if (srcs & BAM_IRQ) {
>>                 clr_mask = readl_relaxed(bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_IRQ_STTS));
>>  
>> -       /* don't allow reorder of the various accesses to the BAM registers */
>> -       mb();
>> +               /*
>> +                * don't allow reorder of the various accesses to the BAM
>> +                * registers
>> +                */
>> +               mb();
>>  
>> -       writel_relaxed(clr_mask, bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_IRQ_CLR));
>> +               writel_relaxed(clr_mask, bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_IRQ_CLR));
>> +       }
>>
> 
> I think the comment here should be moved: change the writel_relaxed()
> to writel(), which already includes the appropriate barriers, and

If we agree with such a change it should be subject to another patch.

> add a comment at the readl_relaxed() to explain why it doesn't need
> a barrier.

Infact I'm not sure that readl_relaxed(BAM_IRQ_STTS) does not need
barrier. If I read the code above correctly the mb() should guarantee
that all load and store operations before it are happened before the
write to BAM_IRQ_CLR register, and on the other hand if we replace
writel_relaxed with writel, the writel has wmb() which guarantees only
store operations. Did I miss something?

-- 
regards,
Stan