The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From e6af9b05bec63cd4d1de2a33968cd0be2a91282a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:01:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] dmaengine: at_xdmac: Start transfer for cyclic channels in issue_pending Cyclic channels must too call issue_pending in order to start a transfer. Start the transfer in issue_pending regardless of the type of channel. This wrongly worked before, because in the past the transfer was started at tx_submit level when only a desc in the transfer list. Fixes: e1f7c9eee707 ("dmaengine: at_xdmac: creation of the atmel eXtended DMA Controller driver") Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211215110115.191749-3-tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c index 4ff12b083136..c3d3e1270236 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c +++ b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c @@ -1778,11 +1778,9 @@ static void at_xdmac_issue_pending(struct dma_chan *chan) dev_dbg(chan2dev(&atchan->chan), "%s\n", __func__); - if (!at_xdmac_chan_is_cyclic(atchan)) { - spin_lock_irqsave(&atchan->lock, flags); - at_xdmac_advance_work(atchan); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&atchan->lock, flags); - } + spin_lock_irqsave(&atchan->lock, flags); + at_xdmac_advance_work(atchan); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&atchan->lock, flags); return; }