Re: [PATCH 4/8 resend] dw_dmac: calling dwc_scan_descriptors fromdwc_tx_status() after taking lock

From: Koul, Vinod
Date: Wed Mar 02 2011 - 13:40:49 EST


On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 16:11 +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c | 2 ++
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
> index 3bf4772..5cc5abf 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/dw_dmac.c
> @@ -830,7 +830,9 @@ dwc_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
>
> ret = dma_async_is_complete(cookie, last_complete, last_used);
> if (ret != DMA_SUCCESS) {
> + spin_lock_bh(&dwc->lock);
> dwc_scan_descriptors(to_dw_dma(chan->device), dwc);
> + spin_unlock_bh(&dwc->lock);
>
> last_complete = dwc->completed;
> last_used = chan->cookie;

Please always add a short description in the patch, helps in long run

Shouldnt you be doing this for dwc_handle_error() as well? I see thats
called without taking the lock....

--
~Vinod

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