Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] dmaengine: dw-edma: HDMA: Add sync read before starting the DMA transfer in remote setup

From: Köry Maincent
Date: Tue Oct 03 2023 - 11:34:39 EST


On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 18:20:23 +0300
Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 02:15:42PM +0200, Köry Maincent wrote:
> > From: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The Linked list element and pointer are not stored in the same memory as
> > the HDMA controller register. If the doorbell register is toggled before
> > the full write of the linked list a race condition error can appears.
> > In remote setup we can only use a readl to the memory to assured the full
> > write has occurred.
> >
> > Fixes: e74c39573d35 ("dmaengine: dw-edma: Add support for native HDMA")
> > Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Move the sync read in a function.
> > - Add commments
>
> Note you need to resubmit the entire series if any of its part has
> changed. So please add these patches to your patchset (in place of the
> 4/5 and 5/5 patches I commented) and resend it as v3.

Alright.
Should I wait for Cai's response for patch 1/5 before sending v3. He seems to
never having woken up in our discussions.