On 28.09.2015 16:18, Timur Tabi wrote: > Alexander Popov wrote: >> The only question I have: why calling dma_unmap_single() from within >> a spinlock is a bad practice? > > I don't know, but usually functions that allocate or free memory cannot be > called from within a spinlock. You need to check that. Since the MPC5121 > is a single-core CPU, you might not notice if you're doing something wrong. I've double-checked the code and LDD and don't see any reason to avoid calling dma_unmap_single() from interrupt context and within spinlock. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks. Best regards, Alexander -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dmaengine" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
