linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: stm32-dma: fix potential race between pause and resume

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Date:   Fri, 4 Nov 2022 20:13:40 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Amelie Delaunay <amelie.delaunay@...s.st.com>
Cc:     Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: stm32-dma: fix potential race between pause
 and resume

On 24-10-22, 10:36, Amelie Delaunay wrote:
> When disabling dma channel, a TCF flag is set and as TCIE is enabled, an
> interrupt is raised.
> On a busy system, the interrupt may have latency and the user can ask for
> dmaengine_resume while stm32-dma driver has not yet managed the complete
> pause (backup of registers to restore state in resume).
> To avoid such a case, instead of waiting the interrupt to backup the
> registers, do it just after disabling the channel and discard Transfer
> Complete interrupt in case the channel is paused.

Applied, thanks

-- 
~Vinod