Re: [PATCH v8 5/8] dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: Drop unnecessary local_irq_save() call

[Frank Li <Frank.li@nxp.com>]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 03:33:27PM +0200, Claudiu wrote:
> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com>
>
> rz_dmac_enable_hw() calls local_irq_save()/local_irq_restore(), but
> this is not needed because the callers of rz_dmac_enable_hw() already
> protect the critical section using
> spin_lock_irqsave()/spin_lock_irqrestore().
>
> Remove the local_irq_save()/local_irq_restore() calls.
>
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
>
> Changes in v8:
> - none
>
> Changes in v7:
> - none
>
> Changes in v6:
> - none
>
> Changes in v5:
> - none, this patch is new
>
>  drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c | 5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c b/drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c
> index cc540b35dc29..1d2b50d6273b 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c
> @@ -273,15 +273,12 @@ static void rz_dmac_enable_hw(struct rz_dmac_chan *channel)
>  {
>  	struct dma_chan *chan = &channel->vc.chan;
>  	struct rz_dmac *dmac = to_rz_dmac(chan->device);
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	u32 nxla;
>  	u32 chctrl;
>  	u32 chstat;
>
>  	dev_dbg(dmac->dev, "%s channel %d\n", __func__, channel->index);
>
> -	local_irq_save(flags);
> -
>  	rz_dmac_lmdesc_recycle(channel);
>
>  	nxla = channel->lmdesc.base_dma +
> @@ -296,8 +293,6 @@ static void rz_dmac_enable_hw(struct rz_dmac_chan *channel)
>  		rz_dmac_ch_writel(channel, CHCTRL_SWRST, CHCTRL, 1);
>  		rz_dmac_ch_writel(channel, chctrl, CHCTRL, 1);
>  	}
> -
> -	local_irq_restore(flags);
>  }
>
>  static void rz_dmac_disable_hw(struct rz_dmac_chan *channel)
> --
> 2.43.0
>