On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 11:41 AM Yoshihiro Shimoda
<yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch fixes an issue that unexpected retransfering happens
> if TCR is set to 0 before rcar_dmac_sync_tcr() writes DE bit to
> the CHCR register. For example, sh-sci driver can reproduce this
> issue like below:
>
> In rx_timer_fn(): /* CHCR DE bit may be set to 1 */
> dmaengine_tx_status()
> rcar_dmac_tx_status()
> rcar_dmac_chan_get_residue()
> rcar_dmac_sync_tcr() /* TCR is possible to be set to 0 */
>
> According to the description of commit 73a47bd0da66 ("dmaengine:
> rcar-dmac: use TCRB instead of TCR for residue"), "this buffered data
> will be transferred if CHCR::DE bit was cleared". So, this patch
> doesn't need to check TCRB register.
>
> Fixes: 73a47bd0da66 ("dmaengine: rcar-dmac: use TCRB instead of TCR for residue")
> Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks reasonable
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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