linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.16 0911/1039] Documentation: dmaengine: Correctly describe dmatest with channel unset

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Message-Id: <20220124184155.927905050@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:45:00 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.16 0911/1039] Documentation: dmaengine: Correctly describe dmatest with channel unset

From: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>

commit c61d7b2ef141abf81140756b45860a2306f395a2 upstream.

Currently the documentation states that channels must be configured before
running the dmatest. This has not been true since commit 6b41030fdc79
("dmaengine: dmatest: Restore default for channel"). Fix accordingly.

Fixes: 6b41030fdc79 ("dmaengine: dmatest: Restore default for channel")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211118100952.27268-3-daniel.thompson@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst
@@ -143,13 +143,14 @@ Part 5 - Handling channel allocation
 Allocating Channels
 -------------------
 
-Channels are required to be configured prior to starting the test run.
-Attempting to run the test without configuring the channels will fail.
+Channels do not need to be configured prior to starting a test run. Attempting
+to run the test without configuring the channels will result in testing any
+channels that are available.
 
 Example::
 
     % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
-    dmatest: Could not start test, no channels configured
+    dmatest: No channels configured, continue with any
 
 Channels are registered using the "channel" parameter. Channels can be requested by their
 name, once requested, the channel is registered and a pending thread is added to the test list.