linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] memory: tegra: Introduce memory client hot reset API

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Date:   Fri, 15 Dec 2017 02:04:27 +0300
From:   Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
To:     Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Cc:     linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] memory: tegra: Introduce memory client hot reset
 API

On 13.12.2017 06:12, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> In order to reset busy HW properly, memory controller needs to be
> involved, otherwise it possible to get corrupted memory if HW was reset
> during DMA. Introduce memory client 'hot reset' API that will be used
> for resetting busy HW. The primary users are memory clients related to
> video (decoder/encoder/camera) and graphics (2d/3d).

I forgot to export symbol and realized that assert/deassert functions would be
necessary. For now I'll wait for the comments to v1.