On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:57:14 -0500 David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This patch generalizes the iio_dmaengine_buffer_setup_ext() functions > by passing the pointer to the DMA channel as an argument rather than > the channel name. This will allow future callers of the function to > use other methods to get the DMA channel pointer. > > This aims to keep it as easy to use as possible by stealing ownership > of the dma_chan pointer from the caller. This way, dma_request_chan() > can be called inline in the function call without any extra error > handling. That's odd enough to be a likely source of future bugs. Doesn't seem necessary to me. Just have the extra handling in the few places it's needed. Or add a wrapper for this case where you just provide the channel name as was done before this patch. > > Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > v3 changes: > * This is a new patch in v3. ... > @@ -277,22 +282,26 @@ static void __devm_iio_dmaengine_buffer_free(void *buffer) > * devm_iio_dmaengine_buffer_setup_ext() - Setup a DMA buffer for an IIO device > * @dev: Parent device for the buffer > * @indio_dev: IIO device to which to attach this buffer. > - * @channel: DMA channel name, typically "rx". > + * @chan: DMA channel. > * @dir: Direction of buffer (in or out) > * > * This allocates a new IIO buffer with devm_iio_dmaengine_buffer_alloc() > * and attaches it to an IIO device with iio_device_attach_buffer(). > * It also appends the INDIO_BUFFER_HARDWARE mode to the supported modes of the > * IIO device. > + * > + * This "steals" the @chan pointer, so the caller must not call > + * dma_release_channel() on it. @chan is also checked for error, so callers > + * can pass the result of dma_request_chan() directly. > */ > int devm_iio_dmaengine_buffer_setup_ext(struct device *dev, > struct iio_dev *indio_dev, > - const char *channel, > + struct dma_chan *chan, > enum iio_buffer_direction dir) > { > struct iio_buffer *buffer; > > - buffer = iio_dmaengine_buffer_setup_ext(dev, indio_dev, channel, dir); > + buffer = iio_dmaengine_buffer_setup_ext(dev, indio_dev, chan, dir); > if (IS_ERR(buffer)) > return PTR_ERR(buffer); >