On 26.05.23 12:54, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> pl330_pause() does not set anything to indicate paused condition which
> causes pl330_tx_status() to return DMA_IN_PROGRESS. This breaks 8250
> DMA flush after the fix in commit 57e9af7831dc ("serial: 8250_dma: Fix
> DMA Rx rearm race"). The function comment for pl330_pause() claims
> pause is supported but resume is not which is enough for 8250 DMA flush
> to work as long as DMA status reports DMA_PAUSED when appropriate.
>
> Add PAUSED state for descriptor and mark BUSY descriptors with PAUSED
> in pl330_pause(). Return DMA_PAUSED from pl330_tx_status() when the
> descriptor is PAUSED.
>
> Reported-by: Richard Tresidder <rtresidd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Richard Tresidder <rtresidd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 88987d2c7534 ("dmaengine: pl330: add DMA_PAUSE feature")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-serial/f8a86ecd-64b1-573f-c2fa-59f541083f1a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Ilpo, Vinod, Philipp: what happened to this? It seems this fix for a
regression didn't make any progress since it was posted. Or am I missing
something?
Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)
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> ---
>
> $ diff -u <(git grep -l -e '\.device_pause' -e '->device_pause') <(git grep -l DMA_PAUSED)
>
> ...tells there might a few other drivers which do not properly return
> DMA_PAUSED status despite having a pause function.
>
> drivers/dma/pl330.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/pl330.c b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
> index 0d9257fbdfb0..daad25f2c498 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/pl330.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
> @@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ enum desc_status {
> * of a channel can be BUSY at any time.
> */
> BUSY,
> + /*
> + * Pause was called while descriptor was BUSY. Due to hardware
> + * limitations, only termination is possible for descriptors
> + * that have been paused.
> + */
> + PAUSED,
> /*
> * Sitting on the channel work_list but xfer done
> * by PL330 core
> @@ -2041,7 +2047,7 @@ static inline void fill_queue(struct dma_pl330_chan *pch)
> list_for_each_entry(desc, &pch->work_list, node) {
>
> /* If already submitted */
> - if (desc->status == BUSY)
> + if (desc->status == BUSY || desc->status == PAUSED)
> continue;
>
> ret = pl330_submit_req(pch->thread, desc);
> @@ -2326,6 +2332,7 @@ static int pl330_pause(struct dma_chan *chan)
> {
> struct dma_pl330_chan *pch = to_pchan(chan);
> struct pl330_dmac *pl330 = pch->dmac;
> + struct dma_pl330_desc *desc;
> unsigned long flags;
>
> pm_runtime_get_sync(pl330->ddma.dev);
> @@ -2335,6 +2342,10 @@ static int pl330_pause(struct dma_chan *chan)
> _stop(pch->thread);
> spin_unlock(&pl330->lock);
>
> + list_for_each_entry(desc, &pch->work_list, node) {
> + if (desc->status == BUSY)
> + desc->status = PAUSED;
> + }
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pch->lock, flags);
> pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(pl330->ddma.dev);
> pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(pl330->ddma.dev);
> @@ -2425,7 +2436,7 @@ pl330_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_cookie_t cookie,
> else if (running && desc == running)
> transferred =
> pl330_get_current_xferred_count(pch, desc);
> - else if (desc->status == BUSY)
> + else if (desc->status == BUSY || desc->status == PAUSED)
> /*
> * Busy but not running means either just enqueued,
> * or finished and not yet marked done
> @@ -2442,6 +2453,9 @@ pl330_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan, dma_cookie_t cookie,
> case DONE:
> ret = DMA_COMPLETE;
> break;
> + case PAUSED:
> + ret = DMA_PAUSED;
> + break;
> case PREP:
> case BUSY:
> ret = DMA_IN_PROGRESS;
