linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 03/14] dmaengine: tegra-apb: Prevent race conditions on channel's freeing

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Date:   Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:03:14 +0300
From:   Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
To:     Laxman Dewangan <ldewangan@...dia.com>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Cc:     dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 03/14] dmaengine: tegra-apb: Prevent race conditions on channel's freeing

It's incorrect to check the channel's "busy" state without taking a lock.
That shouldn't cause any real troubles, nevertheless it's always better
not to have any race conditions in the code.

Acked-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
---
 drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
index 664e9c5df3ba..24ad3a5a04e3 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
@@ -1294,8 +1294,7 @@ static void tegra_dma_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *dc)
 
 	dev_dbg(tdc2dev(tdc), "Freeing channel %d\n", tdc->id);
 
-	if (tdc->busy)
-		tegra_dma_terminate_all(dc);
+	tegra_dma_terminate_all(dc);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tdc->lock, flags);
 	list_splice_init(&tdc->pending_sg_req, &sg_req_list);
-- 
2.24.0