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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:56:10 +0800
From: Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@...escale.com>
To: <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
CC: <patches@...aro.org>, <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <eric.miao@...aro.org>,
<kernel@...gutronix.de>, <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
<shawn.guo@...aro.org>, Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@...aro.org>,
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dma/imx-sdma: add wmb before enable a channel
Hi Sascha,
On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 10:31:58AM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 05:46:39PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 10:38:12PM +0800, Richard Zhao wrote:
> > > dma_alloc_coherent memory may be bufferable. We need to add
> > > nececcary memory barrier.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Richard Zhao <richard.zhao@...aro.org>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c | 1 +
> > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
> > > index f8e87b5..9301bff 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
> > > @@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ static int sdma_config_ownership(struct sdma_channel *sdmac,
> > >
> > > static void sdma_enable_channel(struct sdma_engine *sdma, int channel)
> > > {
> > > + wmb();
> > > __raw_writel(1 << channel, sdma->regs + SDMA_H_START);
> >
> > Use writel(). That's what it's there for:
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_DMA_MEM_BUFFERABLE
> > #define __iowmb() wmb()
> > #endif
> > #define writel_relaxed(v,c) ((void)__raw_writel((__force u32) \
> > cpu_to_le32(v),__mem_pci(c)))
> > #define writel(v,c) ({ __iowmb(); writel_relaxed(v,c); })
> Why does writel always call wmb? ioremap memory needs mb too?
> Isn't it supposed to be when there's prior touch of dma memory?
What do you think?
Thanks
Richard
>
> Thanks
> Richard
> >
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