linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: qcom_hidma: release the descriptor before the callback

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Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2016 23:26:28 -0400
From:   Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
To:     Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
Cc:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, timur@...eaurora.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christopher Covington <cov@...eaurora.org>,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: qcom_hidma: release the descriptor before the
 callback

On 8/18/2016 10:48 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
>> Keep a size limited list with error cookies and flush them in terminate all?
> I think so, terminate_all anyway cleans up the channel. Btw what is the
> behaviour on error? Do you terminate or somthing else?
> 

On error, I flush all outstanding transactions with an error code and I reset
the channel. After the reset, the DMA channel is functional again. The client
doesn't need to shutdown anything.


-- 
Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.