Re: [PATCH v4 05/11] dmaengine: Introduce DMA-device device_caps callback

From: Serge Semin
Date: Fri May 29 2020 - 10:07:45 EST


On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 03:12:03PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 01:23:55AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > There are DMA devices (like ours version of Synopsys DW DMAC) which have
> > DMA capabilities non-uniformly redistributed amongst the device channels.
> > In order to provide a way of exposing the channel-specific parameters to
> > the DMA engine consumers, we introduce a new DMA-device callback. In case
> > if provided it gets called from the dma_get_slave_caps() method and is
> > able to override the generic DMA-device capabilities.
>
> I thought there is a pattern to return something, but it seems none.
> So, I have nothing against it to return void.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> But consider one comment below.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Changelog v3:
> > - This is a new patch created as a result of the discussion with Vinod and
> > Andy in the framework of DW DMA burst and LLP capabilities.
> > ---
> > drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 3 +++
> > include/linux/dmaengine.h | 2 ++
> > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> > index ad56ad58932c..edbb11d56cde 100644
> > --- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> > +++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> > @@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ int dma_get_slave_caps(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_caps *caps)
> > caps->cmd_resume = !!device->device_resume;
> > caps->cmd_terminate = !!device->device_terminate_all;
> >
>

> Perhaps a comment to explain that this is channel specific correction /
> override / you name it on top of device level capabilities?
>
> > + if (device->device_caps)
> > + device->device_caps(chan, caps);
> > +

Agreed. I also forgot to add a doc-comment above the struct dma_device
definition.

-Sergey

> > return 0;
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_get_slave_caps);
> > diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> > index a7e4d8dfdd19..b303e59929e5 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> > @@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ struct dma_device {
> > struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t dst, u64 data,
> > unsigned long flags);
> >
> > + void (*device_caps)(struct dma_chan *chan,
> > + struct dma_slave_caps *caps);
> > int (*device_config)(struct dma_chan *chan,
> > struct dma_slave_config *config);
> > int (*device_pause)(struct dma_chan *chan);
> > --
> > 2.26.2
> >
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>