linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/15] dmaengine: dw: fix master selection

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Date:	Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:10:54 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
Cc:	Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Hans-Christian Egtvedt <egtvedt@...fundet.no>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/15] dmaengine: dw: fix master selection

On Mon, 2016-04-04 at 10:03 -0700, Vinod Koul wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 04:24:40PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > 
> > +	/*
> > +	 * We need controller-specific data to set up slave
> > transfers.
> > +	 */
> > +	BUG_ON(chan->private && !dw_dma_filter(chan, chan-
> > >private));
> I don't think BUG_ON is apt here, gracefully failing and printing
> that can
> be better..

Hm, this is coming from the existing code.

I would prefer to keep this one as is since it's targeted to stable@,
and I may issue sequential patch to replace BUG_ON. Sounds okay?

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy