On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 04:08:37PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > > > + (xor_dev->desc_size * desq_ptr)); > > > + > > > + memcpy(dest_hw_desc, &sw_desc->hw_desc, xor_dev->desc_size); > > > + > > > + /* update the DMA Engine with the new descriptor */ > > > + mv_xor_v2_add_desc_to_desq(xor_dev, 1); > > > + > > > + /* unlock enqueue DESCQ */ > > > + spin_unlock_bh(&xor_dev->push_lock); > > > > and if IIUC, you are pushing this to HW as well, that is not quite right if > > thats the case. We need to do this in issue_pending > > This is probably the only thing that I have not changed. The mv_xor > driver is already using the same strategy, and enqueuing in > issue_pending() would force us to add the request to a temporary linked > list, which would be dequeued in issue_pending(). This is quite a bit > of additional processing, while pushing the new requests directly to > the engine works fine. Well that is wrong! And patch is welcome for mv_xor as well :) The DMAengine API mandates that we should submit a descriptor to a queue and then push them by invoking issue_pending. The users are also expected to follow this -- ~Vinod -- 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
