linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] dmaengine: tegra-apb: Error out if DMA_PREP

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 17:46:16 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
Cc:     Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] dmaengine: tegra-apb: Error out if DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT
 flag is unset

On 30-05-19, 00:43, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> Apparently driver was never tested with DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT flag being
> unset since it completely disables interrupt handling instead of skipping
> the callbacks invocations, hence putting channel into unusable state.
> 
> The flag is always set by all of kernel drivers that use APB DMA, so let's
> error out in otherwise case for consistency. It won't be difficult to
> support that case properly if ever will be needed.

Applied, thanks

-- 
~Vinod