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From: Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@nvidia.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@intel.com>, Dan Williams <djbw@fb.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>,
	"linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org" <linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/12] tegra20-apb-dma: remove useless use of lock
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 16:26:28 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A5DEDC.4040606@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1369656882-25241-10-git-send-email-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

On Monday 27 May 2013 05:44 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Accordingly to dma_cookie_status() description locking is not required.
>
I think we need lock here:
 From isr handler, we call dma_cookie_complete() which is in 
spin-locked. This function updates  tx->chan->completed_cookie = tx->cookie;
In tegra_dma_tx_status(), we check for dma_cookie_status() which access 
the chan->completed_cookie; and it decides status based on this

As the access of  chan->completed_cookie  are from different context, we 
need this locking.

But did not get why it is documented as locking is not require if shared 
variable is getting changed/access from different context simultaneously.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-29 10:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-27 12:14 [PATCH 00/12] dma: various minor clean ups for slave drivers Andy Shevchenko
2013-05-27 12:14 ` [PATCH 09/12] tegra20-apb-dma: remove useless use of lock Andy Shevchenko
2013-05-29 10:56   ` Laxman Dewangan [this message]
     [not found]     ` <51A5DEDC.4040606-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-29 13:42       ` Andy Shevchenko
     [not found] ` <1369656882-25241-1-git-send-email-andriy.shevchenko-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-30 17:47   ` [PATCH 00/12] dma: various minor clean ups for slave drivers Vinod Koul
     [not found]     ` <20130530174727.GE3767-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-05-30 18:32       ` Andy Shevchenko
     [not found]         ` <CAHp75VcZCVskWnQuNeO4A0keZJS27vaWe5zTDomAgSa_ezyUQQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-15  9:37           ` Vinod Koul
     [not found]             ` <20130715093748.GO16653-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-15 10:21               ` Andy Shevchenko
2013-07-15  9:59                 ` Vinod Koul
2013-06-01  0:09       ` Dan Williams
     [not found]         ` <CAA9_cmdNiLfJjv-8Mh-Xb1ifZb4aw_9NGCVW6aWsfq6BN-DYyQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-15  9:33           ` Vinod Koul
2013-07-10  7:54       ` Andy Shevchenko

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