linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 08/13] dmaengine: at_xdmac: Move the free desc to the tail of the desc list

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Message-ID: <8523ca32-d36f-6e0b-0115-5e07553396f1@microchip.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:51:25 +0000
From:   <Tudor.Ambarus@...rochip.com>
To:     <vkoul@...nel.org>
CC:     <Ludovic.Desroches@...rochip.com>, <richard.genoud@...il.com>,
        <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        <Nicolas.Ferre@...rochip.com>, <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        <mripard@...nel.org>, <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/13] dmaengine: at_xdmac: Move the free desc to the
 tail of the desc list

Hi, Vinod,

On 12/13/21 10:07 AM, Vinod Koul wrote:
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> On 25-11-21, 11:00, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
>> So that we don't use the same desc over and over again.
> 
> Please use full para in the changelog and not a continuation of the
> patch title!

Ok, will add a better commit description. Here and in other patches where
your comment applies.

> 
> and why is wrong with using same desc over and over? Any benefits of not
> doing so?

Not wrong, but if we move the free desc to the tail of the list, then the
sequence of descriptors is more track-able in case of debug. You would
know which descriptor should come next and you could easier catch
concurrency over descriptors for example. I saw virt-dma uses
list_splice_tail_init() as well, I found it a good idea, so I thought to
follow the core driver.

Cheers,
ta