From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C8DBC3526F for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:09:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2371465AbiAYAIJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:08:09 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57726 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2363969AbiAXXq1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:46:27 -0500 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB619C0BD12C; Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:40:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A6CB6150C; Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D35CC340E4; Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:40:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1643060427; bh=Ss9cJ1xCoPXGKemzTHnuPgLOcrn/oCFFznA4VV3+pwk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=njEzyAmWujt4QL+AHE7KThXJMlQ0xCsokcX73JfYIwhcWb29zbi5kaBJEMhkuunIL LOgesxLSGiwXFH2mqvOIZIB6asJ1IeOf3ji8Ftkr+gFCJrIQCCSzx48lAgCxUdPncJ tEc1D9UYJPY9kjEK+jV8Si4lVxmnTT8ufapgGFFE= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Daniel Thompson , Vinod Koul Subject: [PATCH 5.16 0911/1039] Documentation: dmaengine: Correctly describe dmatest with channel unset Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:45:00 +0100 Message-Id: <20220124184155.927905050@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20220124184125.121143506@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20220124184125.121143506@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org From: Daniel Thompson commit c61d7b2ef141abf81140756b45860a2306f395a2 upstream. Currently the documentation states that channels must be configured before running the dmatest. This has not been true since commit 6b41030fdc79 ("dmaengine: dmatest: Restore default for channel"). Fix accordingly. Fixes: 6b41030fdc79 ("dmaengine: dmatest: Restore default for channel") Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211118100952.27268-3-daniel.thompson@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst @@ -143,13 +143,14 @@ Part 5 - Handling channel allocation Allocating Channels ------------------- -Channels are required to be configured prior to starting the test run. -Attempting to run the test without configuring the channels will fail. +Channels do not need to be configured prior to starting a test run. Attempting +to run the test without configuring the channels will result in testing any +channels that are available. Example:: % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run - dmatest: Could not start test, no channels configured + dmatest: No channels configured, continue with any Channels are registered using the "channel" parameter. Channels can be requested by their name, once requested, the channel is registered and a pending thread is added to the test list.