On 25.11.2014 13:25, Robert Baldyga wrote:
> DMA_PAUSE command is used for halting DMA transfer on chosen channel.
> It can be useful when we want to safely read residue before terminating
> all requests on channel. Otherwise there can be situation when some data
> is transferred before channel termination but after reading residue,
> which obviously results with data loss. To avoid this situation we can
> pause channel, read residue and then terminate all requests.
> This scenario is common, for example, in serial port drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Baldyga <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/pl330.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/pl330.c b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
> index c32806d..9c64421 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/pl330.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
> @@ -2115,6 +2115,26 @@ static int pl330_control(struct dma_chan *chan, enum 
> dma_ctrl_cmd cmd, unsigned
>               list_splice_tail_init(&pch->completed_list, &pl330->desc_pool);
>               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pch->lock, flags);
>               break;
> +     case DMA_PAUSE:

pm_runtime_get_sync() here? If transfer is ongoing this shouldn't be
needed but if this is called after all transfers complete then device
will be suspended.

> +             /*
> +              * We don't support DMA_RESUME command because of hardware
> +              * limitations, so after pausing the channel we cannot restore
> +              * it to active state. We have to terminate channel and setup
> +              * DMA transfer again. This pause feature was implemented to
> +              * allow safely read residue before channel termination.
> +              */
> +             spin_lock_irqsave(&pch->lock, flags);
> +
> +             spin_lock(&pl330->lock);
> +             _stop(pch->thread);
> +             spin_unlock(&pl330->lock);
> +
> +             pch->thread->req[0].desc = NULL;
> +             pch->thread->req[1].desc = NULL;
> +             pch->thread->req_running = -1;
> +
> +             spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pch->lock, flags);

symmetric pm_runtime_put + autosuspend.

Best regards,
Krzysztof


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