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From:   Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 6 May 2019 12:48:54 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] dmaengine: sprd: Add device validation to support
 multiple controllers
To:     Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.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>
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Hi Vinod,

On Thu, 2 May 2019 at 14:01, Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On 30-04-19, 16:53, Baolin Wang wrote:
> > Hi Vinod,
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 16:34, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 16:30, Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 30-04-19, 13:30, Baolin Wang wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 22:05, Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 29-04-19, 20:20, Baolin Wang wrote:
> > > > > > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 19:57, Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 15-04-19, 20:14, Baolin Wang wrote:
> > > > > > > > > From: Eric Long <eric.long@unisoc.com>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Since we can support multiple DMA engine controllers, we should add
> > > > > > > > > device validation in filter function to check if the correct controller
> > > > > > > > > to be requested.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Eric Long <eric.long@unisoc.com>
> > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linaro.org>
> > > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > >  drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c |    5 +++++
> > > > > > > > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c
> > > > > > > > > index 0f92e60..9f99d4b 100644
> > > > > > > > > --- a/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c
> > > > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/dma/sprd-dma.c
> > > > > > > > > @@ -1020,8 +1020,13 @@ static void sprd_dma_free_desc(struct virt_dma_desc *vd)
> > > > > > > > >  static bool sprd_dma_filter_fn(struct dma_chan *chan, void *param)
> > > > > > > > >  {
> > > > > > > > >       struct sprd_dma_chn *schan = to_sprd_dma_chan(chan);
> > > > > > > > > +     struct of_phandle_args *dma_spec =
> > > > > > > > > +             container_of(param, struct of_phandle_args, args[0]);
> > > > > > > > >       u32 slave_id = *(u32 *)param;
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > +     if (chan->device->dev->of_node != dma_spec->np)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Are you not using of_dma_find_controller() that does this, so this would
> > > > > > > > be useless!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Yes, we can use of_dma_find_controller(), but that will be a little
> > > > > > > complicated than current solution. Since we need introduce one
> > > > > > > structure to save the node to validate in the filter function like
> > > > > > > below, which seems make things complicated. But if you still like to
> > > > > > > use of_dma_find_controller(), I can change to use it in next version.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sorry I should have clarified more..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > of_dma_find_controller() is called by xlate, so you already run this
> > > > > > check, so why use this :)
> > > > >
> > > > > The of_dma_find_controller() can save the requested device node into
> > > > > dma_spec, and in the of_dma_simple_xlate() function, it will call
> > > > > dma_request_channel() to request one channel, but it did not validate
> > > > > the device node to find the corresponding dma device in
> > > > > dma_request_channel(). So we should in our filter function to validate
> > > > > the device node with the device node specified by the dma_spec. Hope I
> > > > > make things clear.
> > > >
> > > > But dma_request_channel() calls of_dma_request_slave_channel() which
> > > > invokes of_dma_find_controller() why is it broken for you if that is the
> > > > case..
> > >
> > > No,the calling process should be:
> > > dma_request_slave_channel()
> > > --->dma_request_chan()--->of_dma_request_slave_channel()---->of_dma_simple_xlate()
> > > ----> dma_request_channel().
>
> The thing is that this is a generic issue, so fix should be in the core
> and not in the driver. Agree in you case of_dma_find_controller() is not
> invoked, so we should fix that in core
>
> >
> > You can check other drivers, they also will save the device node to
> > validate in their filter function.
> > For example the imx-sdma driver:
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.1-rc6/source/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c#L1931
>
> Exactly, more the reason this should be in core :)

Sorry for late reply due to my holiday.

OK, I can move the fix into the core. So I think I will drop this
patch from my patchset, and I will create another patch set to fix the
device node validation issue with converting other drivers which did
the similar things. Thanks.

-- 
Baolin Wang
Best Regards