linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: Add privatecnt to revert DMA

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Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:39:49 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
Cc:	Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: Add privatecnt to revert DMA_PRIVATE propery

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp> wrote:
> Currently dma_request_channel() set DMA_PRIVATE capability but never
> clear it.  So if a public channel was once grabbed by
> dma_request_channel(), the device stay PRIVATE forever.  Add
> privatecnt member to dma_device to correctly revert it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
> ---

This looks good to me.  Please rebase it on top of the 'next' branch
of the async_tx tree[1] and I will queue it for -next.

Thanks,
Dan

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/djbw/async_tx.git;a=shortlog;h=next
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