[PATCH v5 06/10] dmaengine: add API for getting dma controller's quirk

[Vinod Koul]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 07:48:59AM +0800, Shawn Lin wrote:
> Add dmaengine_get_quirks API for peripheral devices to query
> quirks if they need it to make special workaround due to broken
> dma controller design.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin at rock-chips.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v5: None
> Changes in v4: None
> Changes in v3: None
> Changes in v2: None
> Changes in v1: None
> 
>  include/linux/dmaengine.h | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> index e2f5eb4..5174ca4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> @@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ struct dma_device {
>  
>  	int (*device_config)(struct dma_chan *chan,
>  			     struct dma_slave_config *config);
> +	int (*device_get_quirks)(struct dma_chan *chan);

And why do we want to expose this to users? THis doesnt seem right!

A quirk may exists but should be handled inside the controller driver and do
appropriate action. You don't tell users or expect them to handle these

-- 
~Vinod