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Date:   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:32:21 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>
Cc:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>, eric.long@unisoc.com,
        Orson Zhai <orsonzhai@gmail.com>,
        Chunyan Zhang <zhang.lyra@gmail.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, dmaengine@vger.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] dmaengine: sprd: Fix the possible crash when getting
 engine status
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On 29-04-19, 19:49, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Hi Vinod,
> 
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 19:36, Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 15-04-19, 20:14, Baolin Wang wrote:
> > > We will get a NULL virtual descriptor by vchan_find_desc() when the descriptor
> > > has been submitted, that will crash the kernel when getting the engine status.
> >
> > No that is wrong, status is for descriptor and not engine!
> 
> Sure, will fix the commit message.
> 
> >
> > > In this case, since the descriptor has been submitted, which means the pointer
> > > 'schan->cur_desc' will point to the current descriptor, then we can use
> > > 'schan->cur_desc' to get the engine status to avoid this issue.
> >
> > Nope, since the descriptor is completed, you return with residue as 0
> > and DMA_COMPLETE status!
> 
> No, the descriptor is not completed now. If it is completed, we will
> return 0 with DMA_COMPLETE status. But now the descriptor is on
> progress, we should get the descriptor to return current residue.
> Sorry for confusing description.

OKay will wait for updated description to understand the fix

> 
> >
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c |    2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c
> > > index 48431e2..e29342a 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c
> > > @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static enum dma_status sprd_dma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
> > >               else
> > >                       pos = 0;
> > >       } else if (schan->cur_desc && schan->cur_desc->vd.tx.cookie == cookie) {
> > > -             struct sprd_dma_desc *sdesc = to_sprd_dma_desc(vd);
> > > +             struct sprd_dma_desc *sdesc = schan->cur_desc;
> > >
> > >               if (sdesc->dir == DMA_DEV_TO_MEM)
> > >                       pos = sprd_dma_get_dst_addr(schan);
> > > --
> > > 1.7.9.5
> >
> > --
> > ~Vinod
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Baolin Wang
> Best Regards

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~Vinod