linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: vdma: Fix compilation warning in cyclic dma mode

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:12:44 +0530
From:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
To:	Kedareswara rao Appana <appana.durga.rao@...inx.com>
Cc:	dan.j.williams@...el.com, michal.simek@...inx.com,
	soren.brinkmann@...inx.com, appanad@...inx.com,
	moritz.fischer@...us.com, laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com,
	luis@...ethencourt.com, sfr@...b.auug.org.au,
	dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: vdma: Fix compilation warning in cyclic dma
 mode

On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 11:32:12AM +0530, Kedareswara rao Appana wrote:
> This patch fixes the below compilation warining.
> drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_vdma.c: In function 'xilinx_dma_prep_dma_cyclic':
> drivers/dma/xilinx/xilinx_vdma.c:1808:23: warning: 'segment' may be used
> uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
>    segment->hw.control |= XILINX_DMA_BD_SOP;
> 
> The start of packet (SOP) should be set to the first segment in the desc
> chain not for the last segment of the desc chain.

I have applied this after adding Reported by from SFR.

You should always give credit to folks who report issues.

Thanks
-- 
~Vinod