[PATCH 07/10] dmaengine: amba-pl08x: Use vchan_terminate_vdesc() instead of desc_free

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Tue Nov 14 23:48:50 PST 2017


On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi at ti.com> wrote:

> To avoid race with vchan_complete, use the race free way to terminate
> running transfer.
>
> Implement the device_synchronize callback to make sure that the terminated
> descriptor is freed.
>
> CC: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi at ti.com>

I had to read patch 1 before I understood how the descriptor
gets free:ed now, but now I see it :)
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>

(Good work with hunting down these corner cases, I'm
very happy you're doing this!)

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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