linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] atmel-mci: fix initialization of dma slave data

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Date:	Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:52:30 +0900 (JST)
From:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
To:	dan.j.williams@...el.com
Cc:	hskinnemoen@...el.com, kernel@...32linux.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atmel-mci: fix initialization of dma slave data

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:06:51 +0900 (JST), Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp> wrote:
> > The conversion of atmel-mci to dma_request_channel missed the initialization
> > of the channel dma_slave information.  dma_request_channel, along with the
> > filter_fn, find the channel with the proper capabilities, then it is up to the
> > driver to update the dw_dma_chan with its slave data.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> 
> Thanks.  This patch disclose struct dw_dma_chan to its client.  But
> the struct seems too private for me.  Maybe we need some generic
> method to pass slave information?  Any idea or plan?

Also, it seems too late to initialize dwc->dws after returning from
dma_request_channel().  The alloc_chan_resources routine of dw_dmac
driver needs dmc->dws and it is called from dma_request_channel() via
dma_chan_get().

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Atsushi Nemoto
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