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From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: dmaengine@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>, Frank Li <Frank.Li@kernel.org>,
	Saeed Bishara <saeed@marvell.com>,
	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com>,
	Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <djbw@kernel.org>, Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] dmaengine: mv_xor: use writel() instead of relaxed variant
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:24:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916182405.12985-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)

Fix the ordering guarantees between descriptor memory writes and the
MMIO accesses that expose them to the engine. The descriptor pool is
allocated with dma_alloc_wc(), so writes sit in the CPU write buffers
and must be drained before the engine is allowed to read them.

Program the next-descriptor pointer with writel() instead of
writel_relaxed(); the full accessor drains prior memory writes before
the MMIO write.

In mv_xor_tx_submit() the appended chain link must be visible before the
busy-status register is read. Use a full mb() so the engine cannot fetch a
stale chain link and stall the channel after the CPU decides it is still
busy.

Fixes: ff7b04796d98 ("dmaengine: DMA engine driver for Marvell XOR engine")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/dma/mv_xor.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
index c4e0dce3ca64..0de2b1ad5c30 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ static u32 mv_chan_get_current_desc(struct mv_xor_chan *chan)
 static void mv_chan_set_next_descriptor(struct mv_xor_chan *chan,
 					u32 next_desc_addr)
 {
-	writel_relaxed(next_desc_addr, XOR_NEXT_DESC(chan));
+	/* writel drains descriptor writes to DRAM before the engine
+	 * is pointed at them
+	 */
+	writel(next_desc_addr, XOR_NEXT_DESC(chan));
 }
 
 static void mv_chan_unmask_interrupts(struct mv_xor_chan *chan)
@@ -410,6 +413,11 @@ mv_xor_tx_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 		/* fix up the hardware chain */
 		mv_desc_set_next_desc(old_chain_tail, sw_desc->async_tx.phys);
 
+		/* make the new link visible to the engine before we read
+		 * the channel state, the device may fetch it at any point
+		 */
+		mb();
+
 		/* if the channel is not busy */
 		if (!mv_chan_is_busy(mv_chan)) {
 			u32 current_desc = mv_chan_get_current_desc(mv_chan);
-- 
2.55.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-16 18:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-16 18:24 Rosen Penev [this message]
2026-09-16 19:06 ` Frank Li
2026-09-16 21:46   ` Rosen Penev
2026-09-16 22:33     ` Frank Li

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