[PATCH 4/6] spi: imx: handle DMA submission errors with dma_submit_error()

[Frank Li]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 06:06:16PM +0800, Carlos Song wrote:
> Add error handling for DMA request submission by checking the return
> cookie with dma_submit_error(). This prevents propagating submission
> failures through the DMA transfer process, which could otherwise lead
> to unexpected behavior.

nit:  remove "otherwise".

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li at nxp.com>

>
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Song <carlos.song at nxp.com>
> ---
>  drivers/spi/spi-imx.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
> index 186963d3d2e0..42f64d9535c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
> @@ -1445,6 +1445,7 @@ static int spi_imx_dma_submit(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
>  	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc_tx, *desc_rx;
>  	unsigned long transfer_timeout;
>  	unsigned long time_left;
> +	dma_cookie_t cookie;
>
>  	/*
>  	 * The TX DMA setup starts the transfer, so make sure RX is configured
> @@ -1460,21 +1461,29 @@ static int spi_imx_dma_submit(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
>
>  	desc_rx->callback = spi_imx_dma_rx_callback;
>  	desc_rx->callback_param = (void *)spi_imx;
> -	dmaengine_submit(desc_rx);
> +	cookie = dmaengine_submit(desc_rx);
> +	if (dma_submit_error(cookie)) {
> +		dev_err(spi_imx->dev, "submitting DMA RX failed\n");
> +		transfer->error |= SPI_TRANS_FAIL_NO_START;
> +		goto dmaengine_terminate_rx;
> +	}
> +
>  	reinit_completion(&spi_imx->dma_rx_completion);
>  	dma_async_issue_pending(controller->dma_rx);
>
>  	desc_tx = dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(controller->dma_tx,
>  					  tx->sgl, tx->nents, DMA_MEM_TO_DEV,
>  					  DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT | DMA_CTRL_ACK);
> -	if (!desc_tx) {
> -		dmaengine_terminate_all(controller->dma_rx);
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -	}
> +	if (!desc_tx)
> +		goto dmaengine_terminate_rx;
>
>  	desc_tx->callback = spi_imx_dma_tx_callback;
>  	desc_tx->callback_param = (void *)spi_imx;
> -	dmaengine_submit(desc_tx);
> +	cookie = dmaengine_submit(desc_tx);
> +	if (dma_submit_error(cookie)) {
> +		dev_err(spi_imx->dev, "submitting DMA TX failed\n");
> +		goto dmaengine_terminate_tx;
> +	}
>  	reinit_completion(&spi_imx->dma_tx_completion);
>  	dma_async_issue_pending(controller->dma_tx);
>
> @@ -1502,6 +1511,13 @@ static int spi_imx_dma_submit(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
>  	}
>
>  	return 0;
> +
> +dmaengine_terminate_tx:
> +	dmaengine_terminate_all(controller->dma_tx);
> +dmaengine_terminate_rx:
> +	dmaengine_terminate_all(controller->dma_rx);
> +
> +	return -EINVAL;
>  }
>
>  static void spi_imx_dma_max_wml_find(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
> --
> 2.34.1
>