Re: [PATCH 00/46] Use dmaenginem_async_device_register to simplify code

From: Lars-Peter Clausen
Date: Fri Aug 03 2018 - 03:51:58 EST


On 08/03/2018 09:19 AM, Huang Shijie wrote:
> All the patches are using dmaenginem_async_device_register to simplify code
> except the last one:
> dmaengine: add COMPILE_TEST for the drivers
>
> I use the last one to do the compiler test.
> There are still 20 drivers which do not use the dmaenginem_async_device_register.
> Let me take a rest, if this patch set is accepted, I will do the rest.

Lots of race conditions in this series. The DMA device needs to be removed
before any of the resources it uses are disabled/released.

As a rule of thumb you can only convert something to a managed
allocation/reregistration if it is the last action in remove.