[PATCH v7 1/3] dmaengine: Add support for APM X-Gene SoC DMA engine driver

[Vinod Koul]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 04:00:22PM +0530, Rameshwar Sahu wrote:

> >> +static struct xgene_dma_desc_sw *xgene_dma_alloc_descriptor(
> >> +                              struct xgene_dma_chan *chan)
> >> +{
> >> +     struct xgene_dma_desc_sw *desc;
> >> +     dma_addr_t phys;
> >> +
> >> +     desc = dma_pool_alloc(chan->desc_pool, GFP_NOWAIT, &phys);
> >> +     if (!desc) {
> >> +             chan_dbg(chan, "Failed to allocate LDs\n");
> > not error?
> 
> Yes it's error only by lacking of dma memory, do I need to use dev_err
> to show the error msg ??
yes

> 
> >
> >> +static void xgene_dma_free_desc_list_reverse(struct xgene_dma_chan *chan,
> >> +                                          struct list_head *list)
> > do we really care about free order?
> 
> Yes it start dellocation of descriptor by tail.
and why by tail is not clear.

> > where are you mapping dma buffers?
> 
>  I didn't get you here. Can you please explain me here what you mean.
> As per my understanding client should map the dma buffer and give the
> physical address and size to this callback prep routines.
not for memcpy, that is true for slave transfers

For mempcy the idea is that drivers will do buffer mapping

> > why are you calling this here, status check shouldnt do this...
> 
> Okay, I will remove it.
> 
> 
> >> +                     spin_unlock_bh(&chan->lock);
> >> +                     return DMA_IN_PROGRESS;
> > residue here is size of transacation.
> 
> We can't calculate here residue size. We don't have any controller
> register which will tell about remaining transaction size.
Okay if you cant calculate residue why do we have this fn?

> 
> >> +             }
> >> +     }
> >> +
> >> +     /* Check if this descriptor is in running queue */
> >> +     list_for_each_entry(desc, &chan->ld_running, node) {
> >> +             if (desc->tx.cookie == cookie) {
> >> +                     /* Cleanup any running and executed descriptors */
> >> +                     xgene_dma_cleanup_descriptors(chan);
> > ditto?
> 
> Okay
> 
> 
> >> +                     spin_unlock_bh(&chan->lock);
> >> +                     return dma_cookie_status(&chan->dma_chan,
> >> +                                              cookie, txstate);
> > and you havent touched txstate so what is the intent here...?
> 
> txstate can filled by caller, so it may be NULL or not NULL, we are
> passing same.
something seems very wrong here. Status should return the current satue of
queried descriptor and if residue value in txstate, you seem to be doing
something else, quotesion is what and why :)

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~Vinod