Hi,
On Saturday 14 March 2009, Grant Grundler wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
> <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [PATCH] ide: destroy DMA mappings after ending DMA
> >
> > Move ide_destroy_dmatable() call out from ->dma_end method to
> > {ide_pc,cdrom_newpc,ide_dma}_intr(), ide_dma_timeout_retry()
> > and sgiioc4_resetproc().
> ...
> > --- a/drivers/ide/ide-dma-sff.c
> > +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-dma-sff.c
> > @@ -310,8 +310,6 @@ int ide_dma_end(ide_drive_t *drive)
> > /* clear INTR & ERROR bits */
> > ide_dma_sff_write_status(hwif, dma_stat | ATA_DMA_ERR | ATA_DMA_INTR);
> >
> > - /* purge DMA mappings */
> > - ide_destroy_dmatable(drive);
> > wmb();
>
> Bartlomiej,
> I think the wmb() could removed as well. The outb/writeb functions are
> required to be strongly ordered and I don't see anything else touching
> DMA-able memory here.
Indeed. IIRC this code precedes the requeirement for outb/writeb to be
strongly ordered.
Seems like wmb() in ide_dma_start() is also superfluous nowadays...
> BTW, care to remove "mask" usage from this function?
> It's really not needed (can be replaced with #define).
Feel free to remove it. :)
> I can create separate patches for both. Which git tree should I base
> them against?
linux-next git tree
(or pata-2.6 quilt tree)
> ...
> > --- a/drivers/ide/scc_pata.c
> > +++ b/drivers/ide/scc_pata.c
> > @@ -365,8 +365,6 @@ static int __scc_dma_end(ide_drive_t *dr
> > dma_stat = scc_dma_sff_read_status(hwif);
> > /* clear the INTR & ERROR bits */
> > scc_ide_outb(dma_stat | 6, hwif->dma_base + 4);
> > - /* purge DMA mappings */
> > - ide_destroy_dmatable(drive);
> > /* verify good DMA status */
> > wmb();
>
> I think this wmb() can be removed too.
>
> ....
> > --- a/drivers/ide/tx4939ide.c
> > +++ b/drivers/ide/tx4939ide.c
> > @@ -335,11 +335,9 @@ static int tx4939ide_dma_end(ide_drive_t
> > /* read and clear the INTR & ERROR bits */
> > dma_stat = tx4939ide_clear_dma_status(base);
> >
> > - /* purge DMA mappings */
> > - ide_destroy_dmatable(drive);
> > - /* verify good DMA status */
> > wmb();
>
> and this one as well.
Seems so but please cc: scc_pata & tx4939 maintainers on your patch.
Thanks,
Bart
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