linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] DMA: TXx9 Soc DMA Controller driver (v2)

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:34:21 +0900 (JST)
From:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
To:	dan.j.williams@...el.com
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DMA: TXx9 Soc DMA Controller driver (v2)

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:59:28 -0700, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:
> >> There seems to be a lot of ifdef magic in the code based on these
> >> defines.  Can we move this magic and some of the pure definitions to
> >> drivers/dma/txx9dmac.h?  (See the "#ifdefs are ugly" section of
> >> Documentation/SubmittingPatches)
> > OK, I will try to clean them up.  But since I don't want to export
> > internal implementation details, some of the magics will be left in
> > txx9dmac.c, perhaps.
> 
> You only need to hide txx9dmac magic if the header was in
> include/linux/, but since it will be in drivers/dma/ you can assume
> it is private.

Oh I missed that you said driver/dma/txx9dmac.h, not include/asm/txx9/dmac.h.
OK, I will do.

> > The completion callback handler of the first descriptor should be
> > called _after_ the completion of the _last_ child of the descriptor.
> > Also I use desc_node for both dc->queue, dc->active_list and
> > txd.tx_list.  So if I putted all children to dc->queue or
> > dc->active_list, txx9dmac_descriptor_complete() (or its caller) will
> > be more complex.
> > Or do you mean adding another list_head to maintain txd.tx_list?  Or
> > something another at all?
> 
> The piece I was missing was that it would make
> txx9dmac_descriptor_complete() more complex.  So, I am fine with the
> leaving the current implementation.

Thanks.  I will add some comments about that.

---
Atsushi Nemoto
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