[PATCH v11 0/2] Add support for the Allwinner A31 DMA Controller

[Vinod Koul]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:14:02PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:12:18PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 06:37:46PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > > > Can you please send follow patches for these:
> > > > - don't recall if I pointed earlier, but can we use direct conversion for
> > > >   calculating convert_burst() and convert_buswidth(), latter one at least
> > > >   seem doable
> > > 
> > > Ok. Do you still want the error reporting for the invalid width and
> > > burst size?
> > I think for convert_buswidth() we can do away with a switch case and convert
> > the numbers directly
> 
> Well, it's already using a switch. Do you want me to remove completely
> the function and move the switch where it's used? It's used two times
> now, so I'd like to avoid duplicating it.
You can probably remove switch in these function by converting them
arithmetically..

> > > > - don't use devm_request_irq(). You have irq enabled and you have killed
> > > >   tasklet. This is too racy. You need to ensure no irqs can be generated before killing
> > > >   tasklets.
> > > 
> > > Ok, would calling disable_irq before killing the tasklet an option for
> > > you ? that would allow to keep the devm_request_irq.
> > disable_irq also does syncronize, so it might work. But then again if the
> > probe fails after registering irq due to some other reason, and you get into
> > races with unitialized driver as well.
> > 
> > I think it might be easier to amnge by working with plain old request_irq()
> 
> Yes, devm_free_irq like Russell suggested seems to both address your
> concerns, while not having to care about it at probe.
OK, pls send the fix

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~Vinod
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