Trivial locking comment.
Selected functions below (adma_queue_desc() and adma_run()) protects
list of descriptor manipulations by only simple lock.
If it is possible to queue descriptors from interrupt/bh context,
locking should be changed.

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 06:12:34PM -0700, Dan Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
wrote:

> +/* add descriptor to the process list and conditionally initiate operations 
> */
> +void adma_queue_desc(adma_desc_t *desc, int wake)
> +{
> +     adma_engine_t *eng = desc->engine;
> +
> +     spin_lock(&eng->lock);
> +     list_add_tail(&desc->chain, &eng->desc_chain);
> +     atomic_inc(&eng->ops_pending);

This counter is never used actually...

> +     spin_unlock(&eng->lock);
> +
> +     if (wake) adma_wakeup_thread(eng->thread);
> +
> +     dump_desc(desc);
> +}

...

> +
> +/*
> + * This thread churns through the descriptor chain
> + * Runs the command and if necessary calls the callback function.
> + * Note: This thread makes pio_adma_engine assumptions for now
> + */
> +void adma_run(adma_engine_t *eng)
> +{
> +     adma_desc_t *desc, *prev_desc;
> +     int op = 0;
> +
> +     while(1) {
> +             struct list_head *first;
> +
> +             spin_lock(&eng->lock);
> +             if (list_empty(&eng->desc_chain))
> +                     break;
> +
> +             first = eng->desc_chain.next;
> +
> +             /* will be used to satisfy ordering requirements for adma
> +              * engines that process copy and xor operatations on different
> +              * channels 
> +              */ 
> +             prev_desc = op++ ? desc : NULL;
> +             desc = list_entry(first, adma_desc_t, chain);
> +             dump_desc(desc);
> +
> +             list_del_init(first);
> +
> +             atomic_dec(&eng->ops_pending);
> +             spin_unlock(&eng->lock);


If ops_pending could be used as engine's reference counter, it should
not be dropped here, but it looks like it is unused.

> +             switch(desc->command) {
> +                     case ADMA_COPY:
> +                             eng->cpy_op(desc->buf[0], desc->buf[1], 
> desc->len);
> +                             break;
> +                     case ADMA_SET:
> +                             eng->set_block_op(desc->sources, desc->len, 
> desc->buf, desc->pattern);
> +                             break;
> +                     case ADMA_COMPARE:
> +                             if (eng->cmp_op(desc->buf[0], 
> +                                 desc->buf[1], 
> +                                 desc->len))
> +                                     set_bit(ADMA_STAT_CMP, &desc->flags);
> +                             else
> +                                     clear_bit(ADMA_STAT_CMP, &desc->flags);
> +                             break;
> +                     case ADMA_XOR:
> +                             eng->xor_block_op(desc->sources, desc->len, 
> desc->buf);
> +                             break;
> +                     case ADMA_PQXOR:
> +                             printk("%s: Error ADMA_PQXOR not yet 
> implemented\n", __FUNCTION__);
> +                             BUG();
> +                             break;
> +             }
> +             adma_check_status(desc);
> +
> +             if(desc->callback)
> +                     desc->callback(desc, desc->args);
> +             else if(test_bit(ADMA_AUTO_REAP, &desc->flags)) {
> +                     BUG_ON(desc->args != NULL);
> +                     adma_put_desc(desc);
> +             }
> +     }
> +     spin_unlock(&eng->lock);
> +}
> +
> +static int adma_thread(void * arg)
> +{
> +     adma_thread_t *thread = arg;
> +
> +     /*
> +      * This thread handles:
> +      *      > issuing descriptors to an adma engine
> +      *      > maintaining order between dependent operations
> +      *      > garbage collecting descriptor resources (upon request)
> +      *      > running the pio version of an operation when underlying
> +      *        hardware support is not present
> +      */
> +
> +     allow_signal(SIGKILL);
> +     while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
> +
> +             /* We need to wait INTERRUPTIBLE so that
> +              * we don't add to the load-average.
> +              * That means we need to be sure no signals are
> +              * pending
> +              */
> +             if (signal_pending(current))
> +                     flush_signals(current);
> +
> +             wait_event_interruptible_timeout
> +                     (thread->wqueue,
> +                      test_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags)
> +                      || kthread_should_stop(),
> +                      thread->timeout);
> +             try_to_freeze();
> +
> +             clear_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags);
> +
> +             thread->run(thread->eng);
> +     }
> +
> +     return 0;
> +}

-- 
        Evgeniy Polyakov
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