Re: [PATCH 4/8] spi: dw-dma: Move DMA transfers submission to the channels prep methods

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 10:59:49AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> Indeed we can freely move the dmaengine_submit() method invocation and the
> Tx and Rx busy flag setting into the DMA Tx/Rx prepare methods. By doing
> so first we implement another preparation before adding the one-by-one DMA
> SG entries transmission, second we now have the dma_async_tx_descriptor
> descriptor used locally only in the new DMA transfers submitition methods,
> which makes the code less complex with no passing around the DMA Tx
> descriptors, third we make the generic transfer method more readable, where
> now the functionality of submission, execution and wait procedures is
> transparently split up instead of having a preparation, intermixed
> submission/execution and wait procedures. While at it we also add the
> dmaengine_submit() return value test. It has been unnecessary for
> DW DMAC, but should be done to support the generic DMA interface.
> 
> Note since the DMA channels preparation methods are now responsible for
> the DMA transactions submission, we also rename them to
> dw_spi_dma_submit_{tx,rx}().

...

> +	cookie = dmaengine_submit(txdesc);
> +	ret = dma_submit_error(cookie);
> +	if (!ret)

Use traditional pattern
	if (ret)
		return ret;

Same for below.

> +		set_bit(TX_BUSY, &dws->dma_chan_busy);
> +
> +	return ret;

...

> -	if (!xfer->rx_buf)
> -		return NULL;

This seems not related.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko