Thank you very much for quick response!
I appreciate your comments.
Maybe it takes long time, but I will try to write v2 patch with virt-dma.
On Tue, May 07, 2019 at 22:40 +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On 07-05-19, 14:39, Kazuhiro Kasai wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 17:16 +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > > On 25-03-19, 13:15, Kazuhiro Kasai wrote:
>
> > > > +struct m10v_dma_chan {
> > > > + struct dma_chan chan;
> > > > + struct m10v_dma_device *mdmac;
> > > > + void __iomem *regs;
> > > > + int irq;
> > > > + struct m10v_dma_desc mdesc;
> > >
> > > So there is a *single* descriptor? Not a list??
> >
> > Yes, single descriptor.
>
> And why is that, you can create a list and keep getting descriptors and
> issue them to hardware and get better pref!
I understand, thank you.
>
> > > > +static dma_cookie_t m10v_xdmac_tx_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *txd)
> > > > +{
> > > > + struct m10v_dma_chan *mchan = to_m10v_dma_chan(txd->chan);
> > > > + dma_cookie_t cookie;
> > > > + unsigned long flags;
> > > > +
> > > > + spin_lock_irqsave(&mchan->lock, flags);
> > > > + cookie = dma_cookie_assign(txd);
> > > > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mchan->lock, flags);
> > > > +
> > > > + return cookie;
> > >
> > > sounds like vchan_tx_submit() i think you can use virt-dma layer and then
> > > get rid of artificial limit in driver and be able to queue up the txn on
> > > dmaengine.
> >
> > OK, I will try to use virt-dma layer in next version.
>
> And you will get lists to manage descriptor for free! so you can use
> that to support multiple txns as well!
It sounds great! I start to study virt-dma layer for next version.
>
> > > > +static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *
> > > > +m10v_xdmac_prep_dma_memcpy(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dst,
> > > > + dma_addr_t src, size_t len, unsigned long flags)
> > > > +{
> > > > + struct m10v_dma_chan *mchan = to_m10v_dma_chan(chan);
> > > > +
> > > > + dma_async_tx_descriptor_init(&mchan->mdesc.txd, chan);
> > > > + mchan->mdesc.txd.tx_submit = m10v_xdmac_tx_submit;
> > > > + mchan->mdesc.txd.callback = NULL;
> > > > + mchan->mdesc.txd.flags = flags;
> > > > + mchan->mdesc.txd.cookie = -EBUSY;
> > > > +
> > > > + mchan->mdesc.len = len;
> > > > + mchan->mdesc.src = src;
> > > > + mchan->mdesc.dst = dst;
> > > > +
> > > > + return &mchan->mdesc.txd;
> > >
> > > So you support single descriptor and dont check if this has been already
> > > configured. So I guess this has been tested by doing txn one at a time
> > > and not submitted bunch of txn and wait for them to complete. Please fix
> > > that to really enable dmaengine capabilities.
> >
> > Thank you for advice. I want to fix it and I have 2 questions.
> >
> > 1. Does virt-dma layer help to fix this?
>
> Yes
It sounds very good news for me. Thank you.
>
> > 2. Can dmatest test that dmaengine capabilities?
>
> Yes for memcpy operations, see Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst
>
OK, I will read the document.
Thanks,
Kasai
