linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Restore "memcpy" as default mode

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:04:57 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
To:     Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
Cc:     Eugeniy Paltsev <Eugeniy.Paltsev@...opsys.com>,
        "dmaengine@...r.kernel.org" <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "appana.durga.rao@...inx.com" <appana.durga.rao@...inx.com>,
        "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com" 
        <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: dmatest: Restore "memcpy" as default mode

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:14:08AM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
> On 09/15/2016 08:48 AM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 08:40:38PM +0300, Eugeniy Paltsev wrote:
> >> Commit 0d4cb44da6ca0e8 ("dmaengine: dmatest: Add support for
> >> scatter-gather DMA mode") changes default "dmatest" behavior by
> >> changing default mode from "memcpy" to "scatter-gather".
> >> Now "memcpy" gets back as default mode.
> > 
> > Applied, thanks
> 
> Did that go into stable? It's breaking the default expected behavior in
> 4.8 without the fix.

No it wasnt, and it should have...

I send to stable and lokks like it should applied on 4.7 and 4.8.
Commit 0d4cb44da6ca0e8 ("dmaengine: dmatest: Add support for scatter-gather
DMA mode") came in 4.7 IIUC..

Thanks
-- 
~Vinod