The driver limits the physical number of paRAM slots to be used by channels. If the transfer needs more slots (more SGs) then the transfer is broken up to smaller chunks. When the chunk is finished the driver will rewrite the physical slots and continues the transfer. This set up time can take some time and we might miss DMA events. If the intermediate set completion is using early completion (the interrupt will happen when the last slot is issued to the TPTC and not when the transfer is finished by the TPTC) we will have a bit more time to update the paRAM slots and less likely to have missed events. Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx> --- drivers/dma/edma.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/edma.c b/drivers/dma/edma.c index 8181ed131386..7c76b558cf82 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/edma.c +++ b/drivers/dma/edma.c @@ -1114,14 +1114,17 @@ static struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *edma_prep_slave_sg( edesc->absync = ret; edesc->residue += sg_dma_len(sg); - /* If this is the last in a current SG set of transactions, - enable interrupts so that next set is processed */ - if (!((i+1) % MAX_NR_SG)) - edesc->pset[i].param.opt |= TCINTEN; - - /* If this is the last set, enable completion interrupt flag */ if (i == sg_len - 1) + /* Enable completion interrupt */ edesc->pset[i].param.opt |= TCINTEN; + else if (!((i+1) % MAX_NR_SG)) + /* + * Enable early completion interrupt for the + * intermediateset. In this case the driver will be + * notified when the paRAM set is submitted to TC. This + * will allow more time to set up the next set of slots. + */ + edesc->pset[i].param.opt |= (TCINTEN | TCCMODE); } edesc->residue_stat = edesc->residue; -- 2.8.3 -- 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
