On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 01:24:50PM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 02:30:34PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 10:51:45AM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 09:53:23PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > > > > > > + u32 *rd_flags = hw->dma_desc_table_rd.cpu_addr->flags; > > > > > > > + u32 *wr_flags = hw->dma_desc_table_wr.cpu_addr->flags; > > > > > > > + struct avalon_dma_desc *desc; > > > > > > > + struct virt_dma_desc *vdesc; > > > > > > > + bool rd_done; > > > > > > > + bool wr_done; > > > > > > > + > > > > > > > + spin_lock(lock); > > [*] > > > > > > > > + > > > > > > > + rd_done = (hw->h2d_last_id < 0); > > > > > > > + wr_done = (hw->d2h_last_id < 0); > > > > > > > + > > > > > > > + if (rd_done && wr_done) { > > > > > > > + spin_unlock(lock); > > > > > > > + return IRQ_NONE; > > > > > > > + } > > > > > > > + > > > > > > > + do { > > > > > > > + if (!rd_done && rd_flags[hw->h2d_last_id]) > > > > > > > + rd_done = true; > > > > > > > + > > > > > > > + if (!wr_done && wr_flags[hw->d2h_last_id]) > > > > > > > + wr_done = true; > > > > > > > + } while (!rd_done || !wr_done); Thinking about this some more, my initial instinct was still correct actually. If we're holding the lock to prevent the CPU from writing to it then how is hw->d2h_last_id updated in the other thread? Either it must deadlock or it must be a race condition. regards, dan carpenter