Messages in this thread | | | From | <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 08/13] dmaengine: at_xdmac: Move the free desc to the tail of the desc list | Date | Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:51:25 +0000 |
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Hi, Vinod,
On 12/13/21 10:07 AM, Vinod Koul wrote: > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe > > On 25-11-21, 11:00, Tudor Ambarus wrote: >> So that we don't use the same desc over and over again. > > Please use full para in the changelog and not a continuation of the > patch title!
Ok, will add a better commit description. Here and in other patches where your comment applies.
> > and why is wrong with using same desc over and over? Any benefits of not > doing so?
Not wrong, but if we move the free desc to the tail of the list, then the sequence of descriptors is more track-able in case of debug. You would know which descriptor should come next and you could easier catch concurrency over descriptors for example. I saw virt-dma uses list_splice_tail_init() as well, I found it a good idea, so I thought to follow the core driver.
Cheers, ta
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