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[v2,1/2] dmaengine: Clarify device parameter for dma_sync_*_for_*()

Message ID 1405094182-13962-1-git-send-email-geert+renesas@glider.be (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Vinod Koul
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Geert Uytterhoeven July 11, 2014, 3:56 p.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
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v2:
  - New
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 Documentation/dmaengine.txt | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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Vinod Koul July 25, 2014, 8:51 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 05:56:21PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
> ---
> v2:
>   - New
> ---
>  Documentation/dmaengine.txt | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine.txt
> index 879b6e31e2da..87d3f192e160 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dmaengine.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/dmaengine.txt
> @@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ The slave DMA usage consists of following steps:
>     The peripheral driver is expected to have mapped the scatterlist for
>     the DMA operation prior to calling device_prep_slave_sg, and must
>     keep the scatterlist mapped until the DMA operation has completed.
> -   The scatterlist must be mapped using the DMA struct device.  So,
> -   normal setup should look like this:
> +   The scatterlist must be mapped using the DMA struct device.
> +   If a mapping needs to be synchronized later, dma_sync_*_for_*() must be
> +   called using the DMA struct device, too.
> +   So, normal setup should look like this:
>  
>  	nr_sg = dma_map_sg(chan->device->dev, sgl, sg_len);
>  	if (nr_sg == 0)
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
Applied, thanks
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diff --git a/Documentation/dmaengine.txt b/Documentation/dmaengine.txt
index 879b6e31e2da..87d3f192e160 100644
--- a/Documentation/dmaengine.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dmaengine.txt
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@  The slave DMA usage consists of following steps:
    The peripheral driver is expected to have mapped the scatterlist for
    the DMA operation prior to calling device_prep_slave_sg, and must
    keep the scatterlist mapped until the DMA operation has completed.
-   The scatterlist must be mapped using the DMA struct device.  So,
-   normal setup should look like this:
+   The scatterlist must be mapped using the DMA struct device.
+   If a mapping needs to be synchronized later, dma_sync_*_for_*() must be
+   called using the DMA struct device, too.
+   So, normal setup should look like this:
 
 	nr_sg = dma_map_sg(chan->device->dev, sgl, sg_len);
 	if (nr_sg == 0)